Quotes By Maria Sharapova

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

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

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

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.

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

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 help design my own tennis clothes.

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

When I make a commitment I stick to it.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I'd like to have a family.

I love competing.

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

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

Well, fans always root for the underdog.

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

I never really had an idol.

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.

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