Famous Quotes

Quotes by Maria Sharapova

• 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.
• Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.
• I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing.
• 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.
• I help design my own tennis clothes.
• I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.
• 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 love to collect modern art.
• 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.
• 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 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'd like to have a family.
• I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.
• 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'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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.
• My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
• My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.
• No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.
• Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.
• Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.
• Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.