Our mind is all we've got. Not that it won't lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.

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

Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you

If you reconnect with nature and the wilderness you will not only find the meaning of life, but you will experience what it means to be truly alive.

It is very helpful to me, in my job, for people to know me better. A lot of that is, it's a communication job.

I started drinking Scotch just to be a man.

I call my lawyer and say, 'Can I ask you two questions?' He says, 'What's the second question?'

When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. For man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.

Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.

The landscape you grow up in speaks to you in a way that nowhere else does.

Love always wakes the dragon and suddenly flames everywhere.

I am so thankful I had the strength and promises of a loving God to guide my choices and decisions, and to uphold me through the unbelievably dark days and times of overwhelming sorrow.