When you are young, you are a little naive.

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

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

I don't get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

Within a few years the name 'Maria Sharapova' will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

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

It's easy to impress me. I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I'm happy. I'm satisfied. I'm content.

I also wish I'd been born with a clearly defined talent for something, or else stupid.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

Sometimes, all you need to do is pull back a little to protect your heart, not turn your back entirely.

Love is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being.

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.

There isn't any me. I'm you. Don't make up a separate me.

My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.

When is man strong until he feels alone?