“They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.”
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Famous Bobby Fischer Quotes
“Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me.”
“Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.”
“I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.”
“I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.”
“I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.”
“I'm not as soft or as generous a person as I would be if the world hadn't changed me.”
“Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.”
“I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.”
Source: Bobby Fischer's Chess Games
“I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.”
“I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.”
“Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...”
“Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.”
“There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.”