Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.
- Maurice Ashley
Doing, I Think, About, Essential
His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.
- Maurice Ashley
Back, Could, In My Opinion, Good Heart
He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the minds and it seemed as if it was clear to me that he wanted to do similar things to what I wanted to do.
- Maurice Ashley
Clear, Similar, Seemed, Conversation
I have to say that I got off very easy. There were incidents.
- Maurice Ashley
Say, Very, Were, Incidents
I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example.
- Maurice Ashley
Game, Fifty, Compare, Incidents
I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't serve to bring me down any.
- Maurice Ashley
Think, Very, Certainly, Incidents
I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.
- Maurice Ashley
Game, United, Tournaments, Ambassador
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