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 SHARAPOVAWhen 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 SHARAPOVAAfter 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 SHARAPOVAIf everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in it.
MARIA SHARAPOVAWhenever 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 SHARAPOVAI owe a lot to my parents.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI have a Russian heart.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI’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 SHARAPOVAWithin a few years the name ‘Maria Sharapova’ will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
MARIA SHARAPOVAYou control your own wins and losses.
MARIA SHARAPOVAI want my tennis to speak for everything.
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