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

Maria Sharapova

I 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 SHARAPOVA

Culture Determination Family Feeling Identity Love Myself Nation Patriot
I heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better.
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Better Conversation End Parents Survive Try
Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Clothes Creation Design Fashion Identity Inspirational Myself Style Travel
I 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.
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Carry Myself Oneself Writing
A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn’t have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
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Believe Greatness Hope Possible Sports Thinking
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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Age Competition Food Myself Nature Young
After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It’s not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.
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Fun Glamour Match Myself Priority
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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Deserve Determination Hungry Journey Myself Poor Proud Start Win Yourself
When 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.
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Feeling Match Mental Myself Sports Strong Tough
When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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Food Home Journey Myself Travel
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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Appearance Goodness Myself People Room See Thinking
Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.
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Better Family Future Happiness Important Life Money Myself Path Person Sports
When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I’m giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It’s fantastic.
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Achievement Children Commitment Family Love Myself
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.
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Eat End Friendship Lose Missing Myself Sing Talk Time Tradition
I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
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Athlete Love Myself
When you are young, you are a little naive.
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Naive Young Yourself
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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Fame Identity Myself Nation
I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Design Fashion Inspirational Myself See Style Walk Woman
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.
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Kind Myself Run Sports Young
I’m always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I’m on the go again.
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Journey Love Myself Sleep Travel
I 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.
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Achievement Children Country Love Mindset Myself Play Support
I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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Appearance Black Clothes Different Fashion Myself
I help design my own tennis clothes.
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Clothes Design Fashion Help Myself
I’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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Camera Food Myself Person Photograph
There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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Day Feeling Match Missing Myself
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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Determination Hard Pay Result Success Work Yourself
There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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Day Feeling Match Missing Myself

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

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