I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
BOBBY FISCHERThese 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!
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.
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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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They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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I don’t listen to weakies.
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I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.
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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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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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They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, ‘He beat us at chess, but he’s still just an uncouth kid.’ So I decided to dress up.
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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
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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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I love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead.
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