I Hate Ready-made Suits, Button-down Collars, And

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.

Teach People To Play New Chess, Right Away. Why Do You Offer Them A Black And White Television Set, When There Is A Set In Color?

Too Many Times, People Don't Try Their Best. They Don't Have The Keen Spirit; The Winning Spirit. And Once You Make It You've Got To Guard Your Reputation - Every Day Go In Like An Unknown To Prove Yourself. That's Why I Don't Clown Around. I Don't Believe In Wasting Time. My Goal Is To Win The World Chess Championship; To Beat The Russians. I Take This Very Seriously.

As Olafsson Showed Me, White Can Win... It's Hard To Believe. I Stayed Up All Night Analysing, Finally Convicing Myself, And, Incidentally, Learning A Lot About Rook And Pawn Endings In The Process.

There's No Luck Involved In Chess. You Just Have To Work At It.