I only think well when my mind is calm.

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country.

There is no better place for learning to work independently and to extend your horizon than in higher school.

Before Geller we did not understand the King's Indian Defence.

Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is closely linked with plans for the middle game.

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists

Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.