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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More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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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 family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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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 love to collect modern art.
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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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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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It’ll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But I’ll get my revenge.
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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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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 think it’s so cool to be tall. Even when I’m not wearing heels people tell me I’m tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.
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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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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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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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I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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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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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 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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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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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’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
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