What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

I'm more interested in the games than the people.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

In the arena of life, so many lessons are taught but few are taken and few are applied

Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?

It was the happiest moment of my life, though I didn't know it.

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.

It takes time to develop a sense of humor, shared world views.

And everyone knows you can’t disprove a rumor.

For the past 9 years, the WWE has been my home!

Realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art.

A big shot is a little shot who keeps on shootin'