Bobby Fischer Quotes

By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion

If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.

To be the World Champion in 1981 was a huge honour.

You don't get to be world champion unless you do that.

Trout is no journeyman. He's a former world champion, someone who has a name and he comes to fight.

Two-time world champion - that's my goal.

FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.

In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

I'm world champion, baby!

I would say that when you go to the very, very top, it's an ability to come up with new ideas, with something new, to make the difference. Every world champion, every player who was traversing this universe, managed to bring something new to the game. This ability to always find some unconventional ways. That makes the final difference.

All boxing experts told Helenius is the next world champion! Chisora beat him.

My goal is to be the best fighter in the world, UFC Heavyweight Champion. There is no back-up plan.

I don't know anywhere in the world where there is not racism against somebody.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the solution to the problem acknowledge that.

If I'm to accomplish my goal of being the world champion I've got to be better; so every day I come in here with a goal, and that's to get better.

We're going to be World Champions...forever.

It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman.

His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution of the first world champion to its development is comparable with the great scientific discoveries of the 19th century.

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.

I've wrestled Kyle O'Reilly all over the world. I know how good he is, our fans know how good he is. A lot of people feel he is the next guy in line to be world champion.

WE WENT OUT THERE ON A MISSION, CAME BACK CHAMPIONS. WE PROVED WE WERE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD.

That notion that we're in the post-racism, post-sexism world is so not true.

The one-time cotton picker was now the heavyweight champion of the world.

I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.