Top 66 Maria Sharapova Quotes

I help design my own tennis clothes.

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.

I owe a lot to my parents.

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.

I’m just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don’t want to lose.

When you travel so many weeks a year, it’s always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

I don’t need many things. I don’t need glamour and attention to be happy. I’m very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

I know my roots and I cannot forget the journey I made.

I don’t do heavy weights at all.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

I mean, I think I’m doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

Well, fans always root for the underdog.

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.

I learned there’s a big difference between juniors and the pros.

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.

I look forward to the challenges.

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.

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.

I don’t spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That’s my least favourite place in the world.

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.

My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they’re versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans.

When you are young, you are a little naive.

I love competing.

Without my dad, I wouldn’t be here.

I have a Russian heart.

I can’t please everyone. That’s not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.

When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you’re wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.

Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan’s neck – so weak.

There’s not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many.

I love to collect modern art.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I’m in America I feel Russian.

I love street style, seeing how girls wear pieces and how their pair accessories with their outfit. How they pair shoes with a bag and go to day to night and change things up.

The more matches I play, the more confident I get.

I spent a whole year when I was injured just trying to get my arm back to the point where I could hit a tennis ball for more than 30 minutes a day. I’d hit for 15 minutes and it would feel as if my arm was going to fall off.

As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I’m going to play.

I’d love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.

I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

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.

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.

I’d like to have a family.

I’m never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

I try not to hit a swing volley and run back. So my swing volley is kind of that transition to the net. It’s been one of my favorite shots ever since I was young.

I’m always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.

Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, ‘Well, she’s living in the United States, but she’s Russian.’

I go to yoga classes and work on my core.

I’m not a huge gym person, so I try to stay away from the gym. But I love to run on the beach or go for a walk. It’s better than riding a stationary bike.

I’m just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.

The forehands or backhands don’t mean much after three hours.

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.

There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.

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.

I’ve been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

I have a very big sweet tooth and I love treating myself to something that I wouldn’t necessarily eat during the tournament such as a nice-sized cake.

I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they’re wearing.

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 the time.

I’m an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

I don’t get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.

My main goal is to stay healthy because when you’re injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

I don’t follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, ‘Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.’ I just like being myself.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that’s my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

I love getting consumer reports. I think it’s one of my favourite things, studying what people have to say about the product and then trying to make it better.

I never really had an idol.

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.

It’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.

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.