Bobby Fischer Quotes

If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying with the game, then you've given them brain food and you've given them a skill that can last them a lifetime.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

Analysis of opponents is something I like doing.

We are studying the opponent all the time and it is maybe about chess and finding the right move at the right moment and that makes this so interesting.

In the barber shop you start playing checkers, and eventually you want to learn how to play chess. The pieces look a little more interesting. You're doing more things. I'm pretty good at it.

I learn from each match that I have, especially when it's a different opponent.

The playoffs are a chess match, with adjustments every game.

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!

Life is a kind of chess.

Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.

Football is like chess, only without the dice.

Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

Earlier in my career, I never thought of boxing as a chess game, but I confirm that they are, in fact, very similar. You can plan your fights and strategy just like you would in chess.

We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat!

During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk

I love to win. I'm very competitive in most games, but I think also the beauty of the game. There was something about it, the pieces, the shapes, something about them coordinating together and trying to get the other guy.

I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them.

If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.