Michael Basman quotes:

If we are to elevate the game of chess to a popular sport, grandmasters must become gladiators, otherwise the game will languish on the periphery, a voice crying in the wilderness, condemned to live and die on a cold arctic shore.

Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result.

Every worm has to turn and every mouse must bite the elephant