It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
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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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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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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 help design my own tennis clothes.
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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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There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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I 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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