Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

There is no fear in faith.

Last night I'd made love to a woman for the first and last time. It had been amazing and I had a memory that would shape the rest of my life.

Music proposes. Sound disposes.

We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder

Ignorance is not an extension of time

Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

It's not the most conducive weather to play softball in, but you've got to come out and play it.

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures.

It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!