Americans like a winner. If you lose, you’re nothing. I’m going to win, though. It’s good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We’ve met five times. He’s won three times and we’ve drawn twice. But I’m a stronger player and a long match favors me.
BOBBY FISCHERThe U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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All I ever want to do is just play chess.
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Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
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I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
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It’s little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
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To get squares you have to give up squares.
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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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Chess demands total concentration
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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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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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In my opinion, the King’s Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
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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 consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.
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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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Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all
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