Bobby Fischer Quotes

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

Chess is a cold bath for the mind

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life

Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness.

Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess.

Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect.

Chess is the only game greater than its players.

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.

All I ever want to do is just play chess.

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the fuzz on the ball' to really get into the Zen of it. You pull all that together, and then you just might hold up the Wimbledon Plate... It's not about winning first place but bringing every element of effort to whatever you do.

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

I'm usually very analytical when I'm prepping stuff: real into the head thing.

I could think six shots ahead. It's no different to playing chess.

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

Focus is more valuable than IQ.

Life is a kind of chess.