Wisdom of Garry Kasparov - Tara Turner sings GM Jon

Whenever I’m faced with a difficult path Her words inspire me: “If not you, who else?” If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last And you had better be the one to throw it. Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess. The highest art of the chessplayer Lies in not allowing your opponent To show you what he can do. You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!’ People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport. Chess is mental torture I used to attack because it was the only thing I knew. Now I attack because I know it works. Sometimes the best defence is the best defence. At the end of the day, it's all about money. Somehow, people always forget that it's much easier To install a dictator than to remove one I've met enough KGB colonels in my life. Putin is like Al Capone. Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see We must decide what we value And decide what is worth fighting for And then–the most important part–we must fight for it The old joke about the two main Soviet papers Was “There’s no news in the Truth and no truth in the News!” Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country This is not chess. But sometimes things are black and white. Sometimes you have to fight for what you believe. Or you lose it.