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.
BOBBY FISCHERI’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I’d like to travel around, be an international playboy. They have all that money; they could really do it right. Look at (Errol) Flynn.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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Chess is like war on a board
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All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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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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Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not.
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If you don’t win, it’s not a great tragedy – the worst that happens is that you lose a game.
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Chess demands total concentration
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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 don’t listen to weakies.
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