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 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.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That’s a tradition I miss.
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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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I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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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 don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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I think it’s so cool to be tall. Even when I’m not wearing heels people tell me I’m tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.
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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.
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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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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I’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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