My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhen 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 was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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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 have a Russian heart.
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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 main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.
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I can’t say I don’t like acting, but I can’t imagine a career when I have to spend 70 percent of my time in a trailer eating Snickers bars.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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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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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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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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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’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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