It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
More Maria Sharapova Quotes
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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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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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I owe a lot to my parents.
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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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When you’re going through tough moments, you never know when you’re going to have good moments.
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I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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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.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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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’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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I have a Russian heart.
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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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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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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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 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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I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.
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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.’
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My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn’t necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.
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Since I’m constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.
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I’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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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’d like to have a family.
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When you come off the court and you feel like you were losing the whole match, and all of a sudden you pulled it out, you know, it’s those moments that you feel you’ve trained for and you work hard for. Just lucky to get through.
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You control your own wins and losses.
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