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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.

Maria Sharapova

I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Best Dedication Determination Effort Focus Hard Work Myself
I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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Career Hard Work Journey Luck Myself Path
If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better – that is the true reward.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Better Creation Feeling Myself Reward True Woman
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Appearance Funny Myself Place Retirement Thinking Ugly
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Eat End Friendship Lose Missing Myself Sing Talk Time Tradition
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Kind Myself Run Sports Young
If I’m nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it’s playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Hard Work Live Moments Myself Nervous Play Proud Stop Talk Tournament Try
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Bright Game Hard Work Lose Moments Side Tough Yourself
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Feeling Match Mental Myself Sports Strong Tough
It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Career Difficult Hard Job Time Work
Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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Fans Support
I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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Myself See Travel
Whether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Emotion Lose Match Win Yourself
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Appearance Goodness Myself People Room See Thinking
When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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Commitment Myself Promise Word
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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Better Family Future Happiness Important Life Money Myself Path Person Sports
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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Leadership Road Way Wrong Yourself
Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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Design Love Myself Process Young
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.’
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Expectation Leaving Myself Philosophy Thinking Tournament Win
I love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires me: the people I meet, boutiques I visit, a florist that just gave me a great idea for an interior-design project, things like that.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Art Creativity Design Greatness Ideas Inspirational Love Myself Writing
I’d like to have a family.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Children Family Myself
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Achievement Children Country Love Mindset Myself Play Support
I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Design Fashion Inspirational Myself See Style Walk Woman
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Better Experience Improvement Play Practice Sports Weakness Work Yourself
I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Lose Myself Person Personality Tough Win
There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
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Day Feeling Match Missing Myself
I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
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Excitement Life Myself Stand

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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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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