Spassky Vs Fischer Quotes & Sayings

Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met five times. He's won three times
and we've drawn twice. But I'm a stronger player and a long match favors me. — Bobby Fischer

I still hope to kill Fischer — Boris Spassky

We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down. — Alexandre Dumas-fils

Usability rules the web. Simply stated, if the customer can't find a product, then he or she will not buy it. — Jakob Nielsen

Local authorities keep an eye on proceedings. The Saigon Protestant Church in Ho Chi Minh City, for instance, one of the biggest in the country, has to submit a list of its event schedules, financial records and appointments of Church leaders to government officials for their prior approval. — Insight Guides

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally. — Boris Spassky

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it. — Bobby Fischer

What's love when you're too fucked up to feel it right?
I think it's a weapon. — Hannah Moskowitz

There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose! — Boris Spassky

When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us. — M. Scott Peck

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. — Boris Spassky

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. — Boris Spassky

Age brought wisdom, but it also brought a genuine gratitude for the happiness of sharing life with someone as much liked as loved. — Colleen McCullough

Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners. — Bobby Fischer

The ultimate in futility is owning important jewelry. Insurers often insist on the wearing of paste replicas because necks with real rocks around 'em risk wringing. — Malcolm Forbes

If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face. — Zack De La Rocha

Spassky will not be psyched out by Fischer — Mike Goodall

Don't face the facts. — Ruth Gordon

I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him. — Bobby Fischer