Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn't just "trusting in God" to give me the moves.

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.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.

The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

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