Maria Sharapova Quotes About Tennis

Quotes about: Tennis

• Women's tennis is getting faster and the girls are getting more athletic, so I need to push myself to become a better athlete. I think 2013 showed me, like a few other years how important being healthy is and how I must listen to my body. During this off season I have been a little smarter on how I train and how I treat my body.

  Maria Sharapova

  Girl, Athlete, Thinking

• I want my tennis to speak for everything.

  Maria Sharapova

  Tennis, Want, Speak

• In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.

  Maria Sharapova

  Athlete, Player, Years

• 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.

  Maria Sharapova

  Tennis, Bags, Purses

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

  Maria Sharapova

  Block, Focus, Tennis

  "Sharapova Matches Court Brilliance With Heartfelt Speech After Winning 3rd Grand Slam Title". The Associated Press Report, www.espn.com. January 26, 2008.

• It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that's just the way it is.

  Maria Sharapova

  Mother, Player, Tennis

• When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

  Maria Sharapova

  Tennis, Tough, Feels

• When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.

  Maria Sharapova

  Winning, Tennis, Want

• My shoulder's not where I want it to be, but I'm doing a good job of monitoring it.

  Maria Sharapova

  Jobs, Tennis, Want

• I'm focused on going out every day and doing my best.

  Maria Sharapova

  Focus, Tennis, Going Out

  "Grand slam designs: Maria Sharapova's fashion statement" by Paul Gittings, edition.cnn.com. January 27, 2012.

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

  Maria Sharapova

  Winning, Player, Tennis

• 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.

  Maria Sharapova

  Tennis, Effort, Pay

  "Sharapova matches court brilliance with heartfelt speech after winning 3rd Grand Slam title" by The Associated Press, www.espn.com. Janaury 26, 2008.

• 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.

  Maria Sharapova

  Believe, Helping Others, Years

• 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.

  Maria Sharapova

  Player, Tennis, Competition

• If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

  Maria Sharapova

  Hard Work, Mean, Tennis

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

  Maria Sharapova

  Children, School, Tennis

• Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.

  Maria Sharapova

  Grateful, Tennis, Wonderful

  "Come on girls, let's make a.. RACQUET". www.mirror.co.uk. June 17, 2010.

• 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.

  Maria Sharapova

  Focus, Tennis, Able

• The more matches I play, the more confident I get.

  Maria Sharapova

  Play, Tennis

• People always ask about young people like me being forced into things. I play tennis because I love it. I think Russians might be tougher than other people. When I arrived in America I was young, but I already knew what I wanted. I think that when you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.

  Maria Sharapova

  Winning, Thinking, Play

• I think that's why I play tennis, because of the challenge, because of the competition, .. That's why we love to play tiebreaker in the third set. It makes it more exciting, and the bigger support in the stand, and more fans involved in it. I really enjoyed the competition and took a lot of hard work to make myself No. 1 at 18 years old.

  Maria Sharapova

  Hard Work, Thinking, Play

• I spent a whole year when I was injured just trying to get my arm back to the point where I could hit a tennis ball for more than 30 minutes a day. I'd hit for 15 minutes and it would feel as if my arm was going to fall off.

  Maria Sharapova

  Fall, Years, Tennis

  "Maria Sharapova: My love for tennis stopped me from walking away". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2010.

• Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness...they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.

  Maria Sharapova

  Winning, Tennis, Important

• I never think about the numbers. I've never played tennis for the money, because as long as I enjoy it, and I can achieve anything, then the money will come. I know that things will start coming up, many more people will want to start getting involved. But I just want to keep my head cool, and I want to leave (business) to the people who take care of business. I just go out and I just play tennis.

  Maria Sharapova

  Thinking, Play, Numbers

• After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It's not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.

  Maria Sharapova

  Fun, Tennis, Priorities

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