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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I look forward to the challenges.
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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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It’s nice to be one of the most beautiful people.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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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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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 I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
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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 definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
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I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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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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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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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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