Business Chess Quotes

#1. I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.

Joshua Waitzkin

#2. Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective.

Crystal Woods

#3. Crime is interesting. It's huge and fascinating, and it's what my business, TV and film, is largely based on. But the realities are tragic, and in crime drama you rarely see the pain of bereavement or any consequences. It's reduced to a chess game.

Peter Capaldi

#4. You can win in business by playing checkers until someone sneaks in one night after you've closed for the day and flips the board.

Mark Miller

#5. The strategist is a chess player thrown into life.

VIRGIL PROFEANU

#6. It's not only the myths surrounding chess. Chess itself is a myth, you know? A game of hierarchy, of war. It's a story that people have been using to explain complex concepts for eons. Mathematics, yes. Geometry. Business. Philosophy. Even love.

Skye Warren

#7. The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is more like chess. Customer priorities change continually, and the signals given by these changes are vital clues to the next cycle of growth ...

Adrian Slywotzky

#8. Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.

Dustin Diamond