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.
Maria SharapovaI 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.
Maria SharapovaThat is what is most special about achieving equality - the positive signal that it will send the world over to the next generation of girls dreaming of winning Wimbledon or becoming a scientist or going to the moon as an astronaut.
Maria SharapovaI'm always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
Maria SharapovaI had so many outs in my career. I could have said, I donโt need this. I have money; I have fame; I have victories; I have Grand Slams. But when your love for something is bigger than all those things, you continue to keep getting up in the morning when itโs freezing outside, when you know that it can be the most difficult day, when nothing is working, when you feel like the belief sometimes isnโt there from the outside world, and you seem so small. But you can achieve great things when you donโt listen to all those things.
Maria Sharapova