Mastery Quotes

"Once you understand what excellence is all about, you see how excellence manifests itself in any discipline." "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else" "Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love" "Excellence is my presence, never tense, never hesitant" "In chess, one cannot control everything." "The excellence of every art is its intensity." "To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity." "When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form." "For anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful."