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I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

Maria Sharapova

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 SHARAPOVA

Appearance Funny Myself Place Retirement Thinking Ugly
If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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Build Character Hard Time Inspirational Philosophy
That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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Journalism Mathematics Media
It’s always tough when you lose – you’ve worked so hard for that moment and it hasn’t gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there’s always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Bright Game Hard Work Lose Moments Side Tough Yourself
I don’t follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, ‘Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.’ I just like being myself.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Competition Myself Play Thinking Tournament
I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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Be Yourself Identity Myself Win
When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner – and how that winner might be me.
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Myself Need Reward Thinking Wait Win
When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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Commitment Myself Promise Word
I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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Career Hard Work Journey Luck Myself Path
Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That’s a tradition I miss.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Eat End Friendship Lose Missing Myself Sing Talk Time Tradition
If I’m nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it’s playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Hard Work Live Moments Myself Nervous Play Proud Stop Talk Tournament Try
I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Clothes Confidence Fashion Feeling Greatness Material Myself Thinking
I’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
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Medicine Myself Price Start Thinking
Within a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
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Brand Confidence Fame Recognition
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Friendship Goodness Love Money Myself Need Pay Time
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Determination Hard Pay Result Success Work Yourself

I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

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