I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’s always tough when you lose – you’ve worked so hard for that moment and it hasn’t gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there’s always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.
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I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
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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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I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today, but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet.
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There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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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 look forward to the challenges.
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I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn’t have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
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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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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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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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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Sometimes when you’re putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work’s going to pay off.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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