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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That’s a tradition I miss.
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I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
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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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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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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Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
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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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It’s nice to be one of the most beautiful people.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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I think it’s so cool to be tall. Even when I’m not wearing heels people tell me I’m tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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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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No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
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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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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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I love to collect modern art.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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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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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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