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.
MARIA SHARAPOVATennis 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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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I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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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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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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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 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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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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I’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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I love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires me: the people I meet, boutiques I visit, a florist that just gave me a great idea for an interior-design project, things like that.
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I want my tennis to speak for everything.
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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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I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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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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