I add status to any tournament I attend.

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

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

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

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

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

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

If you can admit that you haven't yet understood everything, faith can fill the emptiness in heart to confront the hesitation.

It's tapping into something so deep that when I reap the rewards, I do not even know I'm reaping them. It's a more overall kinda thing.

No man need stay the way he is.

Any chance I get, I will dance.

The average man is not hard to mystify.

If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.

What is time to a water rat? What is time to the river? Only we humans obsess over days and minutes, hours and seasons.

Persistence and love of one's work is the key.

You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true.

I was born under the Blue Ridge, and under that side which is blue in the evening light, in a wild land of game and forest and rushing waters.