When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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I think it’s so cool to be tall. Even when I’m not wearing heels people tell me I’m tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.
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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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When 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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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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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’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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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’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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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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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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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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