It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.
You have to win something for people to think about you.
If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.
When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.