There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player

If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.

As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.

I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.

Alekhine developed as a player much more slowly than most. In his twenties, he was an atrocious chessplayer, and didn't mature until he was well into his thirties.

Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're not going to get rich, so you might as well play chess.