After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It’s not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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.
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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’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better – that is the true reward.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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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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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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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 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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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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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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If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble because I’m all over that dog, all of the time.
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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 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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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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My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn’t necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.
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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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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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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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As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I’m always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.
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