“If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything.”

Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you’re not gonna break my soul.

Be yourself and you can be anything.

If you can believe in something great, then you can achieve something great.

A lot of the time people don’t even know what they want until they see something new.

It can be the most difficult thing to do, but love conquers fear and love conquers hate and this love that you choose will give you strength and it’s our greatest power.

It’s always been inside of you and now it’s time to let it through.

I did a lot of thrift and vintage. I would mix those pieces into some of the more inexpensive items from Express, Gap, Old Navy, and Clothestime.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

I was like, I don’t know if I can hold that promise [to wait until marriage to have sex] because this guy at camp is really cute. Sex wasn’t talked about in my home, but I was a very curious young girl.

After a hurricane, comes a rainbow.

I’ve done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.

I’m either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.

Thank you for believing in my weirdness!

I love what I do, and when I don’t love what I do, I’ll make a change, I can’t be the candy queen forever.

So glad my moon found its sun, love you the whole world doe.

I come from a very non-accepting family but I’m very accepting.

I don’t need the Ballon d’Or to know I’m the best. It matters more to some players

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

I am a hell raiser. I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.

I am not confident unless I am playing someone else.

It is very important to be confident and strong even if you lose, because you know there are tournaments coming up next, and you have to be prepared for it.

The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I’m a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.

Within a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.