I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

I still hope to kill Fischer

When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.

After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore - hypocrisy is everywhere.

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.

Best way to learn is by reflecting and emulating.

The glory of the elderly is long life with grey hair.

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.

The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.

I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.

America needs to be able to be energy-independent, and the electric vehicle, the battery technology is one way of getting there.

Sleep is pain's easiest salve, and doth fulfil All offices of death, except to kill.

Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.

To become successful, first learn how to be happy. Too many think that the route to happiness is to get successful

Everything in your dream means exactly what you think it means.