"The greatest victory is the victory over their negative thinking"(с) Socrates.
"A man becomes stronger when confessing his weakness"(с) Honore de Balzac.
"The only way to get smarter is by playing a smarter opponent" (с)The Fundamentals of Chess; 1885.
"If you are first - you are first! If you are second - you are nothing"(с) Bill Shankly.