I love to win. I'm very competitive in most games, but I think also the beauty of the game. There was something about it, the pieces, the shapes, som…

- Maurice Ashley

Well I just so happened to bump into a chess book in the library at school and I didn't know that there were books on chess and so I take this book o…

- Maurice Ashley

His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and …

- Maurice Ashley

Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That's something that we have to learn to be ab…

- Maurice Ashley

My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this w…

- Maurice Ashley

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more int…

- Maurice Ashley

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing…

- Maurice Ashley

If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying with the game, then you've given them brain f…

- Maurice Ashley

There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is that losing is learning.

- Maurice Ashley