I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.

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.

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.

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.

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.

If you refuse to see Superman Returns this summer, what you're saying about yourself is: I heart Al Qaeda.

I will announce my intention to totally renegotiate NAFTA, one of the worst deals America has ever made.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic.

What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.

Just be yourself, it means to be beautiful.

Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.