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.
Maria SharapovaWomen's tennis is getting faster and the girls are getting more athletic, so I need to push myself to become a better athlete. I think 2013 showed me, like a few other years how important being healthy is and how I must listen to my body. During this off season I have been a little smarter on how I train and how I treat my body.
Maria SharapovaWhen 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.
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