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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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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I love to collect modern art.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
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When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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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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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’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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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 have a Russian heart.
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When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.
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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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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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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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