
“I love the game, and I love to compete, but I am not obsessed with the struggle.”
Meet Magnus Carlsen, The New King of Chess - TIME, Eben Harrell Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html
Tiger Woods Up Close And Personal http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/23/60minutes/main1433767.shtml, cbsnews.com (2006)
“I love the game, and I love to compete, but I am not obsessed with the struggle.”
Meet Magnus Carlsen, The New King of Chess - TIME, Eben Harrell Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html
“I am a tremendous optimist for someone who has grown up amid the twilight of American competence.”
Vanity Fair, "Why the Hacks Hate Michael Hastings" http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/06/why-the-hacks-hate-michael-hastings, 23 July 2010.
Quoted here http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2008-09-17-454393947_x.htm
Source: The Great God Brown and Other Plays
Message No. 10
Messages from Maitreya the Christ (1981)
“I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.”
“I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.”
“It is easy to be selfish. It is hard to love who I am. No wonder I am surprised if you do.”
Source: Lighthousekeeping (2004), p. 199