Sergei Shipov quotes

“The machine does not teach playing flexibility, does not help in taking account of human facxtors in the battle, and on whole, strictly speaking, it restricts the possibilities for young players.”
-- Sergei Shipov

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“I address these hopes to all young players. It seems to me that they often begin too early the strict life of a professional, without first completing their chess studies. Deficiencies in education and a lack of certain basic knowledge will tell sooner or later; they will bump their head on the ceiling and will no longer be able to climb up to the stars.”
-- Sergei Shipov

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“Greed is an integral quality of a strong player.”
-- Sergei Shipov

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“The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.

“I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.”

Source : "Obsessed: China" by Abigail Washburn, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.

“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”

“I want to help Manchester United win the Premier League and become the best player in the world.”

Source : "Adnan Januzaj ready to commit his future to Manchester United". www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2013.

“The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.”

“Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers.”

“Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.”

“To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.”

“The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.”

“Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.”