Anatoly Karpov Quotes

The force of character is cumulative.

It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

You're defined by how you play the game, not by the game itself.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

A champion must be ready at all times.

A lot of people say they're competitive, and they think that means they scream and yell when they lose. I'm not like that. I don't scream and yell. I just win. At anything I do, I win.

With my time in the league, what I will be most proud of is the fact that my character, values and faith were tested, and I persevered.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.

Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.

Resistance, whether to one's appetites or to the ways of the world, is a chief factor in the shaping of character.

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability to take on responsibility.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.