There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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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 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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I’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
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If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble because I’m all over that dog, all of the time.
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I’m always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I’m on the go again.
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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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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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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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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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When you are young, you are a little naive.
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I love to collect modern art.
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Within a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
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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.
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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.
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You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it’s been a good ride so far, but it’s not over yet.
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Whether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it’s important to be pretty levelheaded.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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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.
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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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If you’re able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that’s worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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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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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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I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
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I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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