I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMaybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
MARIA SHARAPOVASometimes when you’re putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work’s going to pay off.
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAThe more matches I play, the more confident I get.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen I come into a tournament, I’m expecting to win. That’s my philosophy. I can’t go to a tournament thinking, ‘I’m going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.’
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