"Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not." -(Boby Fischer)
“If Chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If Chess is an art, it is too exacting to be seen as one. If Chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If Chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If Chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If Chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one. If Chess is life, it's a sad one”-(Unknown)
“All Chess players should have a hobby” -(Savielly Tartakower)
“Chess is a cold bath for the mind” -(Sir John Simon)
“No price is too great for the scalp of the enemy King” -(Koblentz)
“Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing” -(Robert Hubner)
“A good player is always lucky” -(Jose Raul Capablanca)
“The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind of this game” -(Albert Einstein)
“When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic” -(John van der Wiel)
“I love all positions. Give me a difficult positional game, I will play it. But totally won positions, I cannot stand them” -(Hein Donner)
“I still hope to kill Fischer” -(Boris Spassky)
“Is Bobby Fischer quite sane?” -(Salo Flohr)
“Robert Fischer is a law unto himself” -(Larry Evans)
“Fischer is under obligation to nobody” -(Joseph Platz)
“I'm not a materialistic person, in that, I don't suffer the lack or loss of money. The absence of worldly goods I don't look back on. For Chess is a way I can be as materialistic as I want without having to sell my soul” -(Jamie Walter Adams)
http://www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/chess_quotes.htm
Couple of them, intersesting to me:
"Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not." -(Boby Fischer)
“If Chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If Chess is an art, it is too
exacting to be seen as one. If Chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If Chess
is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If Chess is a mistress,
she's a demanding one. If Chess is a passion, it's a rewarding
one. If Chess is life, it's a sad one” -(Unknown)
“All Chess players should have a hobby” -(Savielly Tartakower)
“Chess is a cold bath for the mind” -(Sir John Simon)
“No price is too great for the scalp of the enemy King” -(Koblentz)
“Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing” -(Robert Hubner)
“A good player is always lucky” -(Jose Raul Capablanca)
“The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player
can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could
never free his mind of this game” -(Albert Einstein)
“When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic” -(John van der Wiel)
“I love all positions. Give me a difficult positional game, I will play it.
But totally won positions, I cannot stand them” -(Hein Donner)
“I still hope to kill Fischer” -(Boris Spassky)
“Is Bobby Fischer quite sane?” -(Salo Flohr)
“Robert Fischer is a law unto himself” -(Larry Evans)
“Fischer is under obligation to nobody” -(Joseph Platz)
“I'm not a materialistic person, in that, I don't suffer the lack or loss of money. The absence of worldly goods I don't look back on. For Chess is a way I
can be as materialistic as I want without having to sell my soul” -(Jamie Walter Adams)