I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
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When I’m down or maybe when it’s close in the match, I feel like I’m still in it. I don’t feel like I’m letting down. Mentally, I’m still really, really tough.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It’s been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.
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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 travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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It’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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You control your own wins and losses.
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I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content.
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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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I’d like to have a family.
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I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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Sugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don’t think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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I love where I’m from. I don’t live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It’s what’s inside, it’s not what’s outside that determines the culture and the feeling.
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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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My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn’t necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.
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As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.
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It’s strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.
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I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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When 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.
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