146 Quotes by Bobby Fischer

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut.

I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to play chess, which is rather different. A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he is like an idiot savant, outside of chess he knows nothing.

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.

Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn't seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn't like that, so I decided I'd have to show them they weren't any better than me, you know? They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, 'He beat us at chess, but he's still just an uncouth kid.' So I decided to dress up.

Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.