I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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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I love to collect modern art.
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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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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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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 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.
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When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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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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When you’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
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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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I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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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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I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
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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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