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.’
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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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 try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It’s been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.
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It’s strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.
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I’d like to have a family.
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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’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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I love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires me: the people I meet, boutiques I visit, a florist that just gave me a great idea for an interior-design project, things like that.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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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 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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