- Paul Marshall: I think he's afraid of what's gonna happen if he loses.
- Father Bill Lombardy: No, he's afraid of what's gonna happen if he wins.
- Father Bill Lombardy: [after Bobby has demonstrated how Bill could have won his last chess match] Shit!
- Bobby Fischer: I didn't know a priest could use bad language. I like this guy!
- Bobby Fischer: What are you talking about? This was it! What do you think I've been working in the past ten years of my life for? I was gonna be the youngest world champ in the history of the game! That's over now! They stole it from me, Carmine! They took it! That was today! Today!
- Bobby Fischer: So what do you do, Donna?
- Donna: I screw people.
- Bobby Fischer: Ahhh me too... Listen, I was thinking of getting rid of my virginity.
- Donna: Is that right.
- Bobby Fischer: If I criticize a priest, will I go to hell?
- Father Bill Lombardy: Depends on if you believe in hell.
- Bobby Fischer: Life is like that when people are living in a dream world.It's not really paradoxical.Chess is basically a search for truth, right? So, I'm searching for the truth.
- Bobby Fischer: [practicing chess with his coach who is a Catholic priest] I passed up having sex for this.
- Father Bill Lombardy: Passed it up for twenty years.
- Paul Marshall: [entering the room during another one of Bobby's rants] What are we talking about?
- Father Bill Lombardy: The Jews.
- Paul Marshall: Huh...
- Ivanovich: [having lost to Fischer] It was like having a building fall on me.
- Russian Handler: [dryly] The team doctor will examine you.