I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
MARIA SHARAPOVASince I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAAs someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I’m always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.
MARIA SHARAPOVANo matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIf 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMaybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWe all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI have a Russian heart.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires me: the people I meet, boutiques I visit, a florist that just gave me a great idea for an interior-design project, things like that.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIf I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble because I’m all over that dog, all of the time.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMy shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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