Grayson Allen Quotes

The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all those more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.

When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.

Gun skill is never the main reason why someone is talented at a game. It's literally their decision making.

My best asset to my game is my IQ. I play the game thinking the game first.

You can't surprise LeBron any more. He's such a smart player. His intellect has caught up with his athletic ability.

Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense mental exercise develops a deeper level of thinking than is typically encountered when playing poker.

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.

Management teams aren't good at asking questions. In business school, we train them to be good at giving answers.

In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place.

I have to take decisions—not back hunches.

Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.

My IQ for the game is very high. I think that will help me out a lot.

Analysis of opponents is something I like doing.

Tactical and technical awareness can only improve and sharpen with time.

You have to be savvy. You have to be tactically aware, because that's what makes the difference in the big matches.

The most important thing is they have to know why we do things and when. A lot of players are playing intuitively, and I want them to think and know why they do something.

The most difficult quality is to make the right decision. Because you can be quick, you can be strong, you can jump incredibly, you can have the best shots and you can be able to score goals from 50 yards, but if you don't know when to shoot, when to run or when to jump, you're lost.

The most important 6 inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

People who are great at making decisions in the face of uncertainty have great judgment.