146 Quotes by Bobby Fischer

Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?

For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again.

I don't believe in hero worship.

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.

When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.

He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.

Nobody has single-handedly done more for the U.S. than me.