I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.

There's no one alive I can't beat.

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

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties - before he died in the early forties. They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.

Chess demands total concentration