“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.”
Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player
“It's not that the Democrats are playing checkers and the Republicans are playing chess. It's that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurse's office because once again they glued their balls to their thighs.”
Source: America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
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