Judit Polgar Quotes

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Judit Polgar

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : July 23, 1976

The biggest challenge is to fulfill your own ideas about yourself.

Judit Polgar

My father and mother are exceptional pedagogues who can motivate and tell it from all different angles. Later, chess for me became a sport, an art, a science, everything together. I was very focused on chess, and happy with that world.

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Since retiring from competitive chess, my focus is on education and organising children's tournaments: I make a point of never separating girls and boys, nor awarding special prizes for girls.

Judit Polgar

I had a gold medal in olympics at 12. At 14 or 15 I had my career set before me. Because I started so early, I had this daily training. It developed a focus. It became so natural that it was like a native language for me to play chess. That's why I didn't feel pressure.

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How you lose matters. Don't be afraid of losing - it paralyzes you.

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Chess demolishes differences. It's a language of different generations.

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Chess can open up a kid's brain, and develop it in a playful creative way. They can learn playfully about creative, strategic, and logical thinking, and quick problem-solving.

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I met Bobby Fischer in 1993 when he moved to Europe. I have mixed feelings about it. He was an idol, but not a healthy minded man.

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To become a professional, you have to train a lot, which I did from a very early age. Of course, it helps if your character is very competitive and you have patience and perseverance.

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Without work, talent is lost.

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It's very important where you put your goals.

Judit Polgar

I played against men most of my life because our goal was that I wanted to reach the highest potential to be an absolute world champion.

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I have no problem with other women, but if I had played against ladies there would be a huge gap between the two of us.

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I believe that for the audience the best way to give the commentating is to avoid going into the deep, deep details.

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My life story is very special. I was raised with a special family as both my parents are teachers. They decided before I was born that I was going to be a chess champion.

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I love chess very much. I love the game, the challenges. I could motivate myself as I was curious about how to improve every game. In chess, it's very clear that if you make a mistake you are punished. If you play well, you win.

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Whenever I speak to parents or to kids, I always encourage them that if they believe, if they do the work, if they are really dedicated, then they can do it. No matter whether they are a boy or a girl.

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I started when I was five, and grew up playing against adults and against men most of the time.

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I was happy that at home we were a closed circle and then we went out playing chess and saw the world. It's a very difficult life and you have to be very careful, especially the parents, who need to know the limits of what you can and can't do with your child.

Judit Polgar

I don't think I could ever say that I will never play again, because even if I felt I could never play in top-class tournaments again because I don't have time for the preparation, after a while you might one day think: 'maybe, maybe, maybe... why not?'

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