Maria Sharapova Quotes

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.

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.

My next goal is to be number one in the world.

When you are young, you are a little naive.

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

My shoulder's not where I want it to be, but I'm doing a good job of monitoring it.

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

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.

I'm done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.

Women'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.

We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.

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.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak.

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 probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we'd all see who really uses them and who doesn't.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper.

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 look forward to the challenges.

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.

I know you are reporters and I know this is your job, but, you know, take your note pads, take your pencils down, take your grunt-o-meters down, the fashion police, put everything away and just watch the match, you know, from just the fans' perspective. I seriously think that the quality of the match today was great.

I help design my own tennis clothes.

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

That 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.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

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.

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 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

That's why we have journalists, for stats.

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 love yoga. I do yoga when I have time, which is not very often.

I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it's never going to be the same.

I'm focused on going out every day and doing my best.

It'll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But . . I'll get my revenge.

No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.

I never really had an idol.

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.