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.
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.
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It’s nice to be one of the most beautiful people.
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When you are young, you are a little naive.
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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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I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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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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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 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 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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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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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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I help design my own tennis clothes.
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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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I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.
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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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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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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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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
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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.
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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 have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.
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I’d like to have a family.
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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 have a Russian heart.
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I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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I’m not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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