The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.
You're well-spoken, or you're very analytical, or you're a great team-builder, or you're great with relationships... Playing to your strengths is always something good to build on because you're trying to develop a foundation to keep growing, as a professional and as a leader.
Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.
People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy in how you perform.
Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.
Irrespective of who's up against me at tournaments, I have always relied completely on my own strengths to get as far as I can, and tried to adapt my game according to the match-situation.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.