I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
MARIA SHARAPOVATennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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I still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.
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I 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.
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don’t have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
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When I’m down or maybe when it’s close in the match, I feel like I’m still in it. I don’t feel like I’m letting down. Mentally, I’m still really, really tough.
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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’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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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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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
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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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You 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.
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Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.
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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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When you’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
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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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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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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.
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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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