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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble because I’m all over that dog, all of the time.
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I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
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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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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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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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I 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.
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Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
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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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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 help design my own tennis clothes.
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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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