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.

Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.

When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.

I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.

You have to win something for people to think about you.

It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.

We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

The Scars come before the Stars.

The sky's always falling. Always. You'll see. People have no idea.

A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.

Applying sunscreen became a habit that now I use in my daily life.

You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.

My last kids were born when I was in my forties, so I still had little kids around me, which gave me the illusion of feeling younger.

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

Of all God's creatures, Man alone is poor.