Maria Sharapova Quotes

I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today, but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet.

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.

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.

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

I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.

I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

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 I can create something that allows a woman to feel better - that is the true reward.

Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.

I'd like to have a family.

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

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

I heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better.

I love to collect modern art.

I owe a lot to my parents.

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 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.

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

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

I help design my own tennis clothes.

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

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'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

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

My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

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 parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

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.

When I travel, I love speaking to women around the world about the things that inspire them, the fashions they like, what makes something good and what would make it even better.

Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.

My style when I was younger was still unique to me. I didn't necessarily dress by the trends, but I was always aware of what was trendy at the time and how I could apply it to my own sense of style.

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

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

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

When you are young, you are a little naive.

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 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.

That's why we have journalists, for stats.

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 love to eat, and if I could, I'd eat every second of my life.

This decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon

When I make a commitment I stick to it.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I never really had an idol.