Explore Quotes by Maria Sharapova

I look forward to the challenges.

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.

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.

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

I'm just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don't want to lose.

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

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

I'm never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.

I know my roots and I cannot forget the journey I made.

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.

There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

Whether you win a match or lose a match, in terms of your emotions, it's important to be pretty levelheaded.

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

If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble. Because I'm all over that dog, all the time.

I'd like to have a family.

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

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

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

Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.'

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.

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.