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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.

Maria Sharapova

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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Better Family Future Happiness Important Life Money Myself Path Person Sports
We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.
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Finish Light Start Sun
Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
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Design Love Myself Process Young
Well, fans always root for the underdog.
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Fans Support
I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it’s never going to be the same.
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Body Change Myself Thinking
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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Dog Funny Love Man Myself Relationship Serious Time Touch Trouble
I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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Athlete Career Fight Heart Identity Match Myself Sports
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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Emotion Lose Match Win Yourself
When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
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Bad Escape Goodness Myself Sports Walk
When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I’m giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It’s fantastic.
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Achievement Children Commitment Family Love Myself
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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Feeling Hard Work Lose Luck Match Moments Training Yourself
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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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.
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Journey Love Myself Sleep Travel
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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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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Art Creativity Design Greatness Ideas Inspirational Love Myself Writing
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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Appearance Funny Myself Place Retirement Thinking Ugly
I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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Be Yourself Identity Myself Win
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.
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Deserve Determination Hungry Journey Myself Poor Proud Start Win Yourself
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.
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Achievement Children Country Love Mindset Myself Play Support
Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
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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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Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It’s a way to communicate oneself.
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Artist Communication Expression Fashion Inspirational Myself Oneself Young
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.
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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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Athlete Love Myself
When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
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Food Home Journey Myself Travel
I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it’s great material, then you feel confident in 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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Happiness Learning Listening Myself Practice Talk

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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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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