When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player.

Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice.

I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames.

There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war.

I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated, I made a losing mistake.

Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically.

There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.

Be bold enough to appreciate. Be strong enough not to criticize.

The hotter the battle the sweeter the victory.

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.

Becoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment.

This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

We're going to Surf City, gonna have some fun. Now, two girls for every boy.

In life's journey, you will meet all sorts of characters. Always remember, never shed a tear for the heartless, corrupt or insensitive.

After they were both done, the pile of knives and guns on the coffee table looked like they’d cleaned out an armory. “I think we have a problem, Dmitri.

Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction.