I have a Russian heart.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen I come into a tournament, I’m expecting to win. That’s my philosophy. I can’t go to a tournament thinking, ‘I’m going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.’
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I’m always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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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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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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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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I 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.
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I’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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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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I’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.
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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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You 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.
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When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner – and how that winner might be me.
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