I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

I'm more interested in the games than the people.

She is my friend, and there is nothing you can say or do that can stop me from helping her.

In your very imperfections you will find the basis for your firm, way-seeking mind.

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.

Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.

My biggest faux pas is not giving time for myself.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.

There is female-on-male spouse abuse. There are women who hit their husbands. But there must have been something that caused that because otherwise it wouldn't have happened.