288 Quotes by Garry Kasparov

At the end of the day, it’s all about money.

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it’s not a western invention.

The method you employ to achieve success is a secret because it can be discovered only by you analyzing your own decisions. This is what my questioners should really have been asking me about instead of my trivial habits: How did I push myself? What questions did I ask myself? How did I investigate and understand my strengths and weaknesses? And how did I use what I learned to get better and further define and hone my method?

One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren’t forced to choose between malice and incompetence.

The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we’re playing roulette.

I’m still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.

I don’t make any secret of the fact that I’m closer to the Republicans than to the Democrats. But even under a President Hillary Clinton, US foreign policy toward Moscow would probably be more critical and confrontational. I hope it isn’t too late for that.

If you don’t take risks, you don’t drink champagne.

I don’t really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character.