Explore Quotes by Maria Sharapova

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.

I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

I have a Russian heart.

I love to collect modern art.

I love yoga. I do yoga when I have time, which is not very often.

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

I help design my own tennis clothes.

I go to yoga classes and work on my core.

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

I never really had an idol.

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'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 don't do heavy weights at all.

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

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

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

Well, fans always root for the underdog.