Quotes by Joshua Waitzkin - Page 1

In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
America
People
Stars
End Result
Copy Quote
We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Education
Lying
Pushing
Copy Quote
I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Prodigies
Term
Used
Considered
Bought
Copy Quote
Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Be Good
Waiting
Copy Quote
Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Connections
Entrepreneur
Errors
Copy Quote
In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Chess
Might
Moving
Copy Quote
Of course the sad truth is that if we are not present to the moment, our true love could come and go and we wouldn't even notice.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Comes And Goes
Moments
Truth Is
Copy Quote
It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Profound
Skills
Technique
Copy Quote
Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Believe
Essentials
Mind
Copy Quote
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Success
Work
Adversity
Believe
Determined
Hard
Hard Work
Resilience
Will
Success Work Hard Work
Work Hard Work Believe
Face
Ingrained
Level
Moment
Opposed
Success Is
Copy Quote
I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness - is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Appreciation
Smile
Believe
Everyday
Simplicity
Copy Quote
One thing about the business and investing world that I connect to very intimately is that there is little room to deny the harsh realities of your mistakes. A bad call can lose you many millions.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Deny
Harsh
Investing
Millions
Mistake
Reality
Business World Your
Connect
Realities
Copy Quote
The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Keys
Long
Safety
Copy Quote
Growth only really comes at the point of resistance, but that is the moment that we tend to stop. Because it hurts... pushing our limits, is a muscle that can be cultivated like any other - incrementally.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Growth
Hurt
Pushing
Copy Quote
I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Art
Chess
Eye
Links
Martial Arts
Parallels
Thematic
Truth Is
Two
Gain
Martial
Pursuits
Copy Quote
Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Positive
Children
Gifted
Loser
Mean
Seems
Winner
Winning
Must
Lose
Positive Thing
Tell
Ultimately
Copy Quote
At the very core of my relationship to learning is the idea that we should be as organic as possible. We need to cultivate a deeply refined introspective sense, and build our relationship to learning around our nuance of character.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Relationship
Character
Core
Ideas
Introspective
Needs
Nuance
Refined
Build
Cultivate
Deeply
Organic
Copy Quote
My coach and my parents both had this relationship to what I was doing, which was allowing me to express myself with chess. And so I could love it. I had a passion for it. I was expressing myself through chess, and I was learning about myself through chess.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Allowing
Chess
Parent
Passion
Coach
Express
Copy Quote
One of the main focuses of my training sessions is to help individuals find their unique voices in the learning process. We all have our strengths, our weaknesses, our styles of learning, our personalities. Developing introspective sensitivity to these issues is critical to long-term success.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Critical
Developing
Introspective
Issues
Learning Process
Long Term
Process
Sensitivity
Training
Unique
Voice
Individuals
Main
Personalities
Strengths
Styles
Voices
Copy Quote
The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Art
Ability
Approach
Careers
Challenges
Chess
Gifted
Machines
Martial Arts
Pressure
Training
Truth Is
Rise
Naturally
Arts
Believed
Bodies
Challenge
Often
Either
Martial
Mental
Throughout
Copy Quote
Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Art
Balance
Chess
Competing
Embodiment
Helping
Intention
Issues
Martial Arts
Meditation
Philosophy
Arts
Life Me Balance
External
Deal
Drawn
Initially
Internal
Martial
No Intention
Copy Quote
A man wants to walk across the land, but the earth is covered with thorns. He has two options - one is to pave his road, to tame all of nature into compliance. The other is to make sandals. Making sandals is the internal solution...it does not base success on a submissive world or overpowering force, but on intelligent preparation and cultivated resilience.
Joshua Waitzkin / Chess Player
Men
Intelligent
Land
Copy Quote

Related Chess Player Authors

Yuri Razuvaev
Chess Player
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1945
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012
Yuri Balashov
Chess Player
Saturday, Mar 12, 1949
Yuri Averbakh
Chess Player
Wednesday, Feb 08, 1922
William Hartston
Chess Player
Tuesday, Aug 12, 1947
Wilhelm Steinitz
Chess Player
Tuesday, May 17, 1836
Sunday, Aug 12, 1900
Walter Browne
Chess Player
Monday, Jan 10, 1949
Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015
Vlastimil Hort
Chess Player
Wednesday, Jan 12, 1944
Vladimir Kramnik
Chess Player
Wednesday, Jun 25, 1975
Viswanathan Anand
Chess Player
Thursday, Dec 11, 1969
Viktor Korchnoi
Chess Player
Monday, Mar 23, 1931
Monday, Jun 06, 2016
Vassily Ivanchuk
Chess Player
Tuesday, Mar 18, 1969
Vasily Smyslov
Chess Player
Thursday, Mar 24, 1921
Saturday, Mar 27, 2010
Tony Miles
Chess Player
Saturday, Apr 23, 1955
Monday, Nov 12, 2001
Siegbert Tarrasch
Chess Player
Wednesday, Mar 05, 1862
Saturday, Feb 17, 1934
Samuel Reshevsky
Chess Player
Sunday, Nov 26, 1911
Saturday, Apr 04, 1992

View All Chess Player Quotes

Top Authors

Epictetus
Philosopher
Oscar Wilde
Writer
Monday, Oct 16, 1854
Friday, Nov 30, 1900
Dalai Lama
Saturday, Jul 06, 1935
Bob Marley
Singer
Tuesday, Feb 06, 1945
Monday, May 11, 1981
Aristotle
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher
Wednesday, May 05, 1813
Sunday, Nov 11, 1855
Walt Disney
Animator
Thursday, Dec 05, 1901
Thursday, Dec 15, 1966
Carl Jung
Psychiatrist
Monday, Jul 26, 1875
Tuesday, Jun 06, 1961
Wayne Dyer
Author
Friday, May 10, 1940
Saturday, Aug 29, 2015
John Keats
Poet
Saturday, Oct 31, 1795
Friday, Feb 23, 1821
Vince Lombardi
Football Player
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1913
Thursday, Sep 03, 1970
Donald Trump
45Th President Of The United States
Friday, Jun 14, 1946
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Muhammad Ali
Professional Boxer
Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
Friday, Jun 03, 2016
Lucy Larcom
Poet
Friday, Mar 05, 1824
Monday, Apr 17, 1893

View All Authors

Joshua Waitzkin Quotes - Page 1

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Chess Player Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Chess Player Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page