I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don’t have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today, but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet.
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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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I love where I’m from. I don’t live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It’s what’s inside, it’s not what’s outside that determines the culture and the feeling.
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Within a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
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If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
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I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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I can’t say I don’t like acting, but I can’t imagine a career when I have to spend 70 percent of my time in a trailer eating Snickers bars.
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When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
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I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
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I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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When you come off the court and you feel like you were losing the whole match, and all of a sudden you pulled it out, you know, it’s those moments that you feel you’ve trained for and you work hard for. Just lucky to get through.
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There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
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When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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I’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
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When you are young, you are a little naive.
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After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It’s not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.
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I learned English in one month. I told myself I should listen. In the next month I could talk to everyone. I was so happy because I could do one thing…I could talk.
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When you’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
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