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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI help design my own tennis clothes.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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 like to have a family.
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When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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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 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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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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I don’t follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, ‘Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.’ I just like being myself.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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I want my tennis to speak for everything.
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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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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 you are young, you are a little naive.
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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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