Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself.
Lajos Portisch 1990
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…
Vladimir Kramnik 2017