I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
BOBBY FISCHERPsychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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Chess is like war on a board
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I don’t recommend trying to cram a lot of long opening-move variations into your head.
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me…
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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 add status to any tournament I attend.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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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Sometimes girls write me. One girl in Yugoslavia sent me a whole slew of love letters. I don’t know how she got my address. She was in a crowd watching me play. She says when I left there the stars fell out of the sky over Yugoslavia, or something like that.
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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.
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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