A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn’t have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
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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When you are young, you are a little naive.
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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 owe a lot to my parents.
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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 find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
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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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I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
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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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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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Sometimes when you’re putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work’s going to pay off.
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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 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’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
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If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble because I’m all over that dog, all of the time.
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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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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’m down or maybe when it’s close in the match, I feel like I’m still in it. I don’t feel like I’m letting down. Mentally, I’m still really, really tough.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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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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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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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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You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it’s been a good ride so far, but it’s not over yet.
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