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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.

Maria Sharapova

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
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Different Friendship Myself Person Photograph See Strange
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
I’d like to have a family.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Children Family Myself
I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Description Job Myself
I’m done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Fashion Growth Myself Stop
I help design my own tennis clothes.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Clothes Design Fashion Help Myself
I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Hit Learning Live Myself Passion
When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Bad Escape Goodness Myself Sports Walk
There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can’t miss a ball.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Day Feeling Match Missing Myself
Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Design Love Myself Process Young
If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Build Character Hard Time Inspirational Philosophy
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Competition Myself Play Thinking Tournament
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Age Competition Food Myself Nature Young
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Believe Greatness Hope Possible Sports Thinking
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Myself Need Reward Thinking Wait Win

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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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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