“Growing up, I would play the moves for both sides, White versus Black. I almost always won.” - Bobby Fischer

"Play the wrong move in your head, then play the right move on the board." - Bobby Fischer

“I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.” - Bobby Fischer

“That's what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.” - Bobby Fischer

"When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box." - Italian Proverb

“You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.” - José Raúl Capablanca

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind." - Blaise Pascal

“The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.” - Paul Morphy

"The threat is stronger than the execution.” - Aron Nimzowitsch

“When you see a good move, look for a better one.” - Emanuel Lasker

“We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chess player’s nature.” - Rudolf Spielmann

“Life is a kind of chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.” - Benjamin Franklin

“Chess is mental torture.” - Garry Kasparov

“The passed pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.” - Aron Nimzowitsch

“Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you’re in trouble.” - Stanley Kubrick

“Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.” - George Bernard Shaw

“When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your king is under attack you don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queen’s side.” - Garry Kasparov

“Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.” - Hindu Proverb

“And, lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources.” - Benjamin Franklin

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