Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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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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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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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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When I’m down or maybe when it’s close in the match, I feel like I’m still in it. I don’t feel like I’m letting down. Mentally, I’m still really, really tough.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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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 still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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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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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.
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