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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

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
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
If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Build Character Hard Time Inspirational Philosophy
I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Myself See Travel
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
I’d like to have a family.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Children Family Myself
The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Confidence Hard Work Match Myself Play
After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It’s not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Fun Glamour Match Myself Priority
I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Body Change Myself Thinking
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’m focused on going out every day and doing my best.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Best Dedication Determination Effort Focus Hard Work Myself
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Buy Choice Fashion Goodness Help Life People Price Smile Worth Yourself
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Better Family Future Happiness Important Life Money Myself Path Person Sports
You control your own wins and losses.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Control Loss Win Yourself
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’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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Journey Love Myself Sleep Travel
When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Deserve Determination Hungry Journey Myself Poor Proud Start Win Yourself
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 not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Be Yourself Identity Myself Win
I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Design Fashion Myself Style
I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Athlete Love Myself
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
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
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
As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I’m always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Comfortable Day Herself Job Motion Pace Road Style Time Travel
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.
MARIA SHARAPOVA

Dog Funny Love Man Myself Relationship Serious Time Touch Trouble

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.

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