Latest Magnus Carlsen Quotes from Interviews

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• Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Kids, Games, Down And

  Source: theclassical.org

• In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till a certain age when it was not supposed to be cool anymore and people wanted to do other things.

  Magnus Carlsen

  School, Play, People

  Source: theclassical.org

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

  Magnus Carlsen

  Fun, Having Fun

  Source: theclassical.org

• I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Two, Watches, Half

  Source: theclassical.org

• There are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same - never single out a particular player or a particular game.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Player, Games, I've Learned

  Source: theclassical.org

• I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.

  Magnus Carlsen

  World, Firsts, Fischer

  Source: theclassical.org

• I'm more interested in the games than the people.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Games, People

  Source: theclassical.org

• There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Past, Player, Trying

  Source: theclassical.org

• I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Past, Player

  Source: theclassical.org

• For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Kids, Play, Role Models

  Source: theclassical.org

• I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Thinking, Issues, Marketing

  Source: theclassical.org

• You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance, the public... they're not really going to cheer at all when they play against bad teams unless they do something spectacular. Even if they're winning by a few goals they'll probably just say, "nah." That's normal and they're not excited about it.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Soccer, Football, Cheer

  Source: theclassical.org

• I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Sports, Player, Years

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Games, Important, Psychological

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

  Magnus Carlsen

  Thinking, Chess, Overconfidence

  Source: www.esquire.com