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 SHARAPOVAWhen you are young, you are a little naive.
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I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don’t have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
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When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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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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When you are young, you are a little naive.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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My main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.
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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 I’m nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it’s playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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When I make a commitment I stick to it.
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It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content.
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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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Sugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don’t think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.
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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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It’ll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But I’ll get my revenge.
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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.
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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 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 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.
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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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Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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