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?
BOBBY FISCHERI don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.
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A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things.
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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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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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All my games are real
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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I don’t remember one thing I learned in school.
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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 listen to weakies.
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Tactics flow from a superior position
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I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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