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.

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

Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all

Our mind is all we've got. Not that it won't lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.

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

Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it

All I ever want to do is just play chess.