I want my tennis to speak for everything.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI want my tennis to speak for everything.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
MARIA SHARAPOVAAs an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMy style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn’t necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI look forward to the challenges.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don’t have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAThere are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA