According to this NBA promo. Some good advice for chess players in the video. 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x923xl_nba-how-is-basketball-like-a-game-o_sport
“Chess is like basketball. You move around until you find an opening.”
–Bobby Fischer (per Google). Gligorič quoted this in the intro to one of his CL&R “Game of the Month” columns sometime in the mid-1970s.
Great quote! Thanks for digging that up. 