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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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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 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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I owe a lot to my parents.
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It’s always tough when you lose – you’ve worked so hard for that moment and it hasn’t gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there’s always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.
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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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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 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 you are young, you are a little naive.
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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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It’s nice to be one of the most beautiful people.
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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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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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No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
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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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