I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
MARIA SHARAPOVAIt’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.
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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.
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My shoulder’s not where I want it to be, but I’m doing a good job of monitoring it.
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I still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.
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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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There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.
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I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
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I heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better.
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I love where I’m from. I don’t live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It’s what’s inside, it’s not what’s outside that determines the culture and the feeling.
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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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Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I’d be on the front page of the paper.
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No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
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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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A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn’t have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
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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.
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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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I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova.
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It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.
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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.
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When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
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That’s why we have journalists, for stats.
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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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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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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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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.
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I’d probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we’d all see who really uses them and who doesn’t.
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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.
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