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When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

Maria Sharapova

Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Fame Identity Myself Nation
When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I’m giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It’s fantastic.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Achievement Children Commitment Family Love Myself
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 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
Sometimes when you’re putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work’s going to pay off.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Determination Hard Pay Result Success Work Yourself
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 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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Happiness Learning Listening Myself Practice Talk
When you are young, you are a little naive.
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Naive Young Yourself
I look forward to the challenges.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Attitude Challenge Inspirational Myself
I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Career Hard Work Journey Luck Myself Path
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
Well, fans always root for the underdog.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Fans Support
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
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 definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Be Yourself Feeling Identity
I’d like to have a family.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Children Family Myself
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
You control your own wins and losses.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Control Loss Win 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
I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Myself See Travel
When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Food Home Journey Myself Travel
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
When you’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Goodness Hard Time Moments Tough Yourself
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
My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Build Career Family Myself
I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Attitude Confidence Identity Myself Personality
My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Body Control Goodness Job Manage Myself

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