My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMy family and I built my whole career from scratch.
MARIA SHARAPOVAYou control your own wins and losses.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWe all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVAEver since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWithin a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
MARIA SHARAPOVAYou have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it’s been a good ride so far, but it’s not over yet.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMy main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.
MARIA SHARAPOVASugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don’t think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.
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 SHARAPOVAI think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen you come off the court and you feel like you were losing the whole match, and all of a sudden you pulled it out, you know, it’s those moments that you feel you’ve trained for and you work hard for. Just lucky to get through.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI owe a lot to my parents.
MARIA SHARAPOVAMaybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
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