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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’ve been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
MARIA SHARAPOVAYou control your own wins and losses.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
MARIA SHARAPOVAThere are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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 SHARAPOVAI’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWithin a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIf I can create something that allows a woman to feel better – that is the true reward.
MARIA SHARAPOVASince I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMaybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA