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.
BOBBY FISCHERI think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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When I won the World Championship in ’72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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I don’t believe in psychology.
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Chess is like war on a board
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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Well, I’m not sure I know what you mean by a prima donna, but if something doesn’t interest me or if someone bores me, or if I think they’re a phony, I just don’t bother with them, that’s all.
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Our mind is all we’ve got. Not that it won’t lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.
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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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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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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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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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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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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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I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
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