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’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.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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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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In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other players do about opening theory.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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Chess is like war on a board
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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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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player
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I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I’m too old, it’s too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
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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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Normally we’d draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he’d play next.
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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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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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I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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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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Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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