I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI want my tennis to speak for everything.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen I make a commitment I stick to it.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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 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 SHARAPOVAThere are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIf 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI learned English in one month. I told myself I should listen. In the next month I could talk to everyone. I was so happy because I could do one thing…I could talk.
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 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA