I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI know many of you thought that I would be retiring today, but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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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 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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I love to collect modern art.
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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 are young, you are a little naive.
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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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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.
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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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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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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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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 can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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