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.
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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I love to collect modern art.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner – and how that winner might be me.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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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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 think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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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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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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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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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 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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