The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

As for me, I am unfortunate enough not to posses a happy temperament like Najdorf, who views every happening in a rosy light and avoids any possibility of self-criticism. I am one of those unlucky skeptics who never overlook the dark side of even the happiest experience.