Americans really don’t know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
BOBBY FISCHERDon’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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Tactics flow from a superior position
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
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This is not just my struggle, I’m not just doing this for myself… This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They’re a menace to the whole world.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn’t seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn’t like that, so I decided I’d have to show them they weren’t any better than me, you know?
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They’re lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They’re a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people.
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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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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
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I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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