My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

- Magnus Carlsen

Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for …

- Magnus Carlsen

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

- Magnus Carlsen

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

- Magnus Carlsen

I'm not really into rap.

- Magnus Carlsen

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

- Magnus Carlsen

I played like a child!

- Magnus Carlsen

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

- Magnus Carlsen

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

- Magnus Carlsen