Magnus Carlsen Chess Quotations

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

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

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

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

I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

I played like a child.

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option.