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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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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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I’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
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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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If I’m nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it’s playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
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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.
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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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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.
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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 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.
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I’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
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I want my tennis to speak for everything.
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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 don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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Sugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don’t think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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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.’
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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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When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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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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Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
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I have a Russian heart.
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I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
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A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn’t have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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