Bobby Fischer Play Quotations

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.

All I ever want to do is just play chess.

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess

Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.

For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again.

The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.

Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're not going to get rich, so you might as well play chess.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to play chess, which is rather different. A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he is like an idiot savant, outside of chess he knows nothing.

Let's play. I'm willing to play anywhere.

You are never too old to play chess!

I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.

Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?

I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.