There's no one alive I can't beat.
Nothing eases suffering like human touch.
When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.
I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.
I love the game - and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.