4 Bobby Fischer Quotes on Humility

Bobby Fischer quotes on humility

7. I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.

67. That's chess, you know. One day you give a lesson, the next day your opponent gives you a lesson.

85. My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration.

133. I would not like to defend or justify Bobby Fischer. He is what he is. I am asking only for one thing. For mercy, charity. If for some reason it is impossible, I would like to ask you the following: Please correct the mistake of President Francois Mitterrand in 1992. Bobby and myself committed the same crime. Put sanctions against me also. Arrest me. And put me in the same cell with Bobby Fischer. And give us a chess-set.