I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
MARIA SHARAPOVAI can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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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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When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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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 have a Russian heart.
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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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When 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.’
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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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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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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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I love to collect modern art.
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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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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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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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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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I want my tennis to speak for everything.
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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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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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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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There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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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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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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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I look forward to the challenges.
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