Well, fans always root for the underdog.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIn the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.
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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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I love to collect modern art.
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I’m always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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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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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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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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There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
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Sugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don’t think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.
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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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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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I 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.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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.
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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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It’s nice to be one of the most beautiful people.
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My 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.
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If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better – that is the true reward.
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In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.
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I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
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It’ll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But I’ll get my revenge.
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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.
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There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
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