One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.
“I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.”
“If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that.”