I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.
Interpretation
Success is achieved through effort, not avoidance of challenges.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance and effort in the face of adversity. Garry Kasparov reflects on the idea that while circumstances may seem difficult, the true failure lies in not attempting to overcome those challenges at all. It encourages a mindset where trying is valued more than merely succeeding or failing.
In practice
This quote can serve as an inspiration during a team meeting when discussing upcoming projects.
There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized.
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Imagining may be the first step in making it happen, but it takes the real time and real efforts of real people to learn things, make things, turn thoughts into deeds or visions into inventions.
You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.
All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.... Build, therefore, your own world.
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