I owe a lot to my parents.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhenever 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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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.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
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I 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
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I’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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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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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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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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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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I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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When you come off the court and you feel like you were losing the whole match, and all of a sudden you pulled it out, you know, it’s those moments that you feel you’ve trained for and you work hard for. Just lucky to get through.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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