I love where I’m from. I don’t live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It’s what’s inside, it’s not what’s outside that determines the culture and the feeling.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI love where I’m from. I don’t live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It’s what’s inside, it’s not what’s outside that determines the culture and the feeling.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen I make a commitment I stick to it.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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 SHARAPOVAIt’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWe all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhenever 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI look forward to the challenges.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
MARIA SHARAPOVAAs an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMy family and I built my whole career from scratch.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’ll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But I’ll get my revenge.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVA