I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
Anatoly KarpovLike dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
Anatoly KarpovNo, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that
Anatoly KarpovI didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I was timid - I wasn't - but because I simply lived in one world, and the grandmasters existed in a completely different one. People like that were not really even people, but like gods or mythical heroes.
Anatoly Karpov