Edgar Davids Quotes

Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.

For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing defense.

The playoffs are a chess match, with adjustments every game.

In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

Chess is mental torture.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

War strategy is always unique. It is like a chess game. The pieces are always the same but each game is unique

I love the chess game that I do on 'Suits.' I just love every bit of it and that I get to do it.

I could think six shots ahead. It's no different to playing chess.

I play football like chess. You have to think a lot and anticipate what could happen after you make your move.

When you're calculating variations - especially long ones - it really helps to visualize the board.

Obviously, in football you can study somebody, but at the same time, once you get out there, I think there's just a natural kind of feel for where you think guys might be or where they're going to go and knowing beforehand what's going to happen. It's just like chess.

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Football is a bit like chess: it's not just the piece being moved that matters; it's also the effect that move has on all the other pieces.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.

Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play.

I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.

With chess it was almost this palpable electricity that I felt. You're totally in control of your own fate. There's no luck factor. It's you and the pieces.

It's not 64 squares. It's a battlefield. There's no luck, there's no dice. It's just you and your opponent.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.