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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAYou control your own wins and losses.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I have a Russian heart.
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Sometimes 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.
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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 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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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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Sugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don’t think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.
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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’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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I don’t follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, ‘Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.’ I just like being myself.
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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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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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I’ve been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
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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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