I love competing.

I have a Russian heart.

I'd like to have a family.

I owe a lot to my parents.

I never really had an idol.

I love to collect modern art.

I don't do heavy weights at all.

I look forward to the challenges.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

I help design my own tennis clothes.

You control your own wins and losses.

When I make a commitment I stick to it.

Well, fans always root for the underdog.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

I go to yoga classes and work on my core.

That's why we have journalists, for stats.

When you are young, you are a little naive.

My next goal is to be number one in the world.

I don't worry about what my opponent is doing.

It's nice to be one of the most beautiful people.

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

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

My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

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

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

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

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

Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak.

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

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

I'm done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.

I love to eat, and if I could, I'd eat every second of my life.

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

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

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

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

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

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

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

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

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

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

No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.

I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.

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

When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

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

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

It'll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But . . I'll get my revenge.

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