I’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
BOBBY FISCHERSometimes 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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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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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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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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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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When I win, I’ll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I’ll give players a chance to beat me.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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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Too many times, people don’t try their best. They don’t have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you’ve got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That’s why I don’t clown around.
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