You can only get good at Chess if you love the game
I believe that I've got a unique knowledge and understanding of this game, and I'm able to see it differently than a lot of people.
To me, throwback means I'm a smart player. I know how to play the game. I'm very skilled. I do a lot of things that other people don't do.
I've studied the game in every different aspect that I can.
To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game.
I'm a pretty good chess player.
The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.
When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.
Gun skill is never the main reason why someone is talented at a game. It's literally their decision making.
I've always been a good returner since my junior days - I don't know why that was.
When you become a head coach, you've played the game; you've coached the game. You have a great understanding of what happens at every level.
I built my career in the league playing defense and making shots, and also making plays when I needed to.
Whenever I play, red ball or white ball, I utilise whatever knowledge I have of the game.
I understand what it takes to be an elite player in the league.
I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game.
Jon Gruden taught me the foundation of what I know about this game. Took me under his arm, taught me to see it from a big-picture perspective.
