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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWithin a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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’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 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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It’s nice to be one of the most beautiful people.
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I have a Russian heart.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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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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There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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I’d like to have a family.
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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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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’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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