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.
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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Whether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
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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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It’s strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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I’d like to have a family.
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When I come into a tournament, I’m expecting to win. That’s my philosophy. I can’t go to a tournament thinking, ‘I’m going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.’
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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 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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No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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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 love to collect modern art.
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I want my tennis to speak for everything.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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