Maria Sharapova Quotes

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

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

Since I'm constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.

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.

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'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.

I don't have to follow any special diet or count calories. I try to eat healthily and before a match I load up on pasta and salads. But I pretty much do what I want.

My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

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 personally love Jennifer Lawrence. She's an amazing actress, but so young and fresh and youthful.

I was very disappointed (at the U.S. Open), and I went out there and I worked really hard.

Whether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it's important to be pretty levelheaded.

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

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.

Those are real hard fans. There are a lot of them here. Some are a little bit crazy with their drinking their beers every once in a while. But I love it.

It's nice to be one of the most beautiful people.

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

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

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

When I make a commitment I stick to it.

Sugar free? With the name Sugarpova I don't think I will be doing anything sugar free very soon.

After 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.

I'd like to have a family.

I'm 17 years old and there are many great things ahead. If I don't win the U.S. Open this year, it's not going to be a disaster in my life.

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that's just the way it is.

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.

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.

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.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

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.

Within a few years the name 'Maria Sharapova' will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.

People always ask about young people like me being forced into things. I play tennis because I love it. I think Russians might be tougher than other people. When I arrived in America I was young, but I already knew what I wanted. I think that 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.

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.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

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.

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.

You control your own wins and losses.

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

I have a Russian heart.

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.

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.

I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.

When I come into a tournament, I'm expecting to win. That's my philosophy. I can't go to a tournament thinking, 'I'm going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.'

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.

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.

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