Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
BOBBY FISCHERI don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
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My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They’re not just persecuting me.
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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I object to being called a chess genius because I consider myself to be an all around genius who just happens to play chess, which is rather different.
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The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian…
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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