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.
BOBBY FISCHERPsychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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I don’t believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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Is it against the law to kill a reporter?
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I’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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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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I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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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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I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.
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Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.
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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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That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
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