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 FISCHERWell, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn’t just “trusting in God” to give me the moves.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it
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There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.
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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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I like to make them squirm.
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America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they’re doing in Yugoslavia…
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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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I add status to any tournament I attend.
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FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
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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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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 play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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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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If you have seen one Alekhine game you’ve seen them all.
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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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