Wilhelm Steinitz

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.

Chess is not for timid souls.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.