My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI don’t follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, ‘Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.’ I just like being myself.
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When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I’m giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It’s fantastic.
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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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Within a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
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When you are young, you are a little naive.
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I 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.
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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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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.
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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 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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I’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
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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’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
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Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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