Magnus Carlsen Player Quotations

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

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

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

I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.

I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.

There wasn't any particular player I modeled my game after. I tried to learn from everyone and create my own style. I studied past players. Truth be told I never had a favorite player. It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people. I just go try to learn.