Jahangir Khan Quotes

My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.

I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

I'm getting more towards that point where I'm ready to kind of pass the torch on and see the next generation succeed behind me.

I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.

In Kansas I have a chess school.

I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.

A sort of sadness shall always remain in my mind that I was not allowed to retire while playing, but anyway, it's all a part of life for a sportsman who, while playing, never realises when he should retire, but he starts thinking about it when he is dropped.

I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the level of chess.

I won't be training at 60 years old, because I want to do something else in my life.

A lot of guys I've seen in my career that played at a high level and were done, they moved on, never thought another day about it.

After 50 years as a player and a coach, I will not become a functionary. That's not my world.

There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop.

I've always had a fortunate knack for grabbing young talent and giving them a break.

No, I've never had a job other than being a chess player.

Every international career is going to come to an end you're going to pass it down to the younger generation. Every career comes to that point.

I thought 2013 was the end of my coaching career.

All I know is that when you look over at the coaches on the other sideline, and all you see are guys who either coached with you or played for you, then you know it's time to get out.

Leaving the stage would pave the way for younger players to come up too.

I have a wealth of experience, but I do not want to coach. I rather like the role of recruiter.

Chris Boardman was my first teammate and my first roommate. I saw him finish his career with an hour record and thought, 'Yeh, what a way to go out!'

I said that once I stopped playing, when that time comes, I wanted to still be around sports.

I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.

Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can't tell you whether someone will fit into a company's culture.

I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.