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.
MARIA SHARAPOVANo matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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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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If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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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’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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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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My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn’t necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.
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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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I have a Russian heart.
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I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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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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I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It’s been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.
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After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It’s not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.
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