I am boring. I am boring!

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

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

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

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

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

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

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

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

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

Letting go of anger is the best way to find peace of mind, a healthier pain-free body, and an indomitable spirit.

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

I should think the American admiration of five-minute tourists has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than multitudes of bombs would have done.

I wish to God,” said Gideon with mild exasperation, “that you’d talk—just once—in prose like other people.

I don't know how it is up North, of course, but down South there are times when Southern women feel a need for privacy.

Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remains.

I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content.

I had not yet learned that we make our own destiny, it springs from within us. It is not the outward events but what we allow ourselves to make of them that count.

I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.

You can't control what you can't measure