Mate Ali Hazelwood Best Quotes

They don’t know what it’s like, being told that you’re inherently destined to be second best.

They don’t know what it’s like, being told that you’re inherently destined to be second best.” Suddenly, Defne’s expression shifts into an impish smile. “But it’s not true. And once we know it, they cannot take it away from us.

Where’s the fun in playing, if the best is left out? And if the best sometimes acts like a douchebag . . . well. It’s all forgiven.

Why? Is it because you can’t stand to have someone best you? Are you like Koch, unable to accept that you once lost to a woman?” “What?” He looks genuinely appalled. “No. I am nothing like him.

Alpha, I think it would be best if you and I could talk privately.” “About me?” I sit back in the chair and cock my head. “That has to be a HIPAA violation.” Sem’s brow furrows. “A what?

Benul Jackson is at least three years younger than me, and pulls out of me some of the best chess I’ve ever played. There is an elegance to his moves, a beauty to his attacks, a class to his defense, that have me nearly forgetting that I’m in the most public moment of my life. Dad once told me, There are two types of players: the warriors and the artists. Jackson is the latter.

There’s something exquisitely humbling about finding out that your best friend of many years is dating someone, for the first time, and didn’t bother telling you—” “I’m not dating—” “—or that she neglected to mention that she won the Philly Open, that she was selected for the Challengers, that she is now buddies with the best player in the world, that she is going to be his opponent for the World Championship—should I go on?