When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I’m giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It’s fantastic.
MARIA SHARAPOVAYou have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it’s been a good ride so far, but it’s not over yet.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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It’ll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But I’ll get my revenge.
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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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In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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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 try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It’s been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.
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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 think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That’s a tradition I miss.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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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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No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
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My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn’t necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.
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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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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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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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My main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.
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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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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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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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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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I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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It’s strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.
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If I’m nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it’s playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
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If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better – that is the true reward.
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