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.
BOBBY FISCHERToo 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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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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You are never too old to play chess!
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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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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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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I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves
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I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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The system set up by F.I.D.E. … Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion… The Russians arranged it that way.
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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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Computers are our only opponents that don’t always have no excuse when losing against me.
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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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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.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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