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.
BOBBY FISCHERComputers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent
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These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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Chess is like war on a board
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All my games are real
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There’s no doubt of it in my mind.
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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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I love the game – and I hate the Russians because they’ve almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.
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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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Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
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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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