Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him

I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent.

To see what they see, sit where they sit.

We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American freshness and pragmatism with Russian ideas about strategy

Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played.

The two most important forms of intelligence are the ability to read other people and the ability to understand oneself.

As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

What is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves.

Be fully present for five minutes every day.

And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]

Clouds of flavors and savors float around the thing-in-itself.

I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails.

When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.

You shook his hand?" Adrian asked incredulously … “With all that red-hot passion, it’s a wonder you guys can stay away from each other

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.