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It's not so much about conquering Madison Square Garden or Vegas. The opponents who I fight will take me all around different venues and arenas. I need to conquer opponents.

I don't know how to play evil.

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

If you go into a tournament thinking that you're not going to do anything, you might as well not be there because you won't achieve anything.

If you play a match, then you got to give it all to beat the opponent; there is nothing like playing against a great or a non-great player. I treat them all as opponents and aim to beat them.

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

I don't play a lot of tournaments, but if I don't win a tournament in a year, people are like, 'What in the world is going on?' People don't realize how hard it is to win tournaments. You're not going to go out and play 10 tournaments and win one of them. Your odds aren't that good.

I try to win every tournament.

Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.