We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
MARIA SHARAPOVAThere are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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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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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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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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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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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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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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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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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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I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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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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If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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