Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.

Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.

Vacations are designed to refresh the outlook of everyone. No matter how tired they may be when they return to work, vacationers have been refreshed emotionally and intellectually. Their effectiveness in their job has probably improved, and they are, generally speaking, better employees for the time off.

Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely, you know. That's what I don't like.

There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.