I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVASometimes 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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 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 I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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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 always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I’m on the go again.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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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 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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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 want my tennis to speak for everything.
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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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I 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.
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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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