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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIf 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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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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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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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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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.
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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 want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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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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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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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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I can’t say I don’t like acting, but I can’t imagine a career when I have to spend 70 percent of my time in a trailer eating Snickers bars.
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