Alexander Alekhine

"The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the moment he committed the crime."

"Fortune favors the bold, especially when they are Alekhine."

"Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents."

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective."

"In playing through an Alekhine game one suddenly meets a move which simply takes ones breath away."

"I study chess eight hours a day, on principle."