If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game. Bobby Fischer More Quotes by Bobby Fischer More Quotes From Bobby Fischer Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego. Bobby Fischer alter-egoegochess I don't listen to weakies. Bobby Fischer The Russians have fixed world chess. Bobby Fischer fixedchessworld I don't remember one thing I learned in school. Bobby Fischer one-thingrememberschool I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts. Bobby Fischer buttonshatesports There's no one alive I can't beat. Bobby Fischer beatsalivechess Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're not going to get rich, so you might as well play chess. Bobby Fischer yugoslaviaplayamerica I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist. Bobby Fischer scientistgameschess I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S. Bobby Fischer want But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true, he said what he felt. He [Capablanca] wanted to change the rules [of chess] already, back in the twenties, because he said chess was getting played out. He was right. Now chess is completely dead. It is all just memorisation and prearrangement. It's a terrible game now. Very uncreative. Bobby Fischer twentiesgamesmind You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances Bobby Fischer fightingsuccessmoving 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? Bobby Fischer black-and-whitecolorplay If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all. Bobby Fischer alekhineifsgames All my games are real Bobby Fischer realgameschess 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. Bobby Fischer freedom-of-speechtoo-lateorder Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not. Bobby Fischer winningsuccessmean I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost. Bobby Fischer chesshomemorning 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. Bobby Fischer stillsmindsometimes It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all. Bobby Fischer FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title. Bobby Fischer championtitlesworld
