I'm always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids. Maria Sharapova More Quotes by Maria Sharapova More Quotes From Maria Sharapova I'm still a competitor no matter what, i'm going to do everything in order to go out and give it my best, and I think I did the best I could. Today it wasn't enough, because my opponent had a different gear than I did. Maria Sharapova world I totally understand that, you know, everyone usually does post interviews and answers a few questions to the crowd, it's absolutely normal. I don't -- I'm not making any excuses or -- but I've got to do what I have to do. Maria Sharapova top-news I mean, unless I'm really in my coffin, I'm going to be out there. Maria Sharapova top-news I don't feel like I actually have to hold the trophy at the end of this, i feel like I'm already holding the trophy. And I've never felt this way.' I feel like just being here is a huge win, not only for me but for so many people. And it's a wonderful feeling. Maria Sharapova us-news I think The Russian's always a tough player to play against because The Russian's really solid, the Russian's quite powerful. I know The Russian's gone through a few injuries in The Russian career. Having that start-stop type of career is never easy, because sometimes you don't feel like you can actually get a routine and a groove. Maria Sharapova sports I really dislike doing that, but it's quite educational, at least that's what the coaches tell me. Maria Sharapova sports You can't be overly negative; you can't be overly positive, i wanted to start off well. I thought I did many things well. But I'm not going into next week throwing flowers at myself or anything. Maria Sharapova sports If I wanted to I could make it tougher on myself. I don't think that's really the goal, i know how to get ready for grand slams. I'm certainly not thinking about that I need that type of match. My goal is to go out there and do the right things. Maria Sharapova sports I faced Svitolina last year in Beijing for the first time. She's a young girl that's already in the top 30 with a tremendous amount of potential and someone that you'll be seeing in the top very soon, she has a good game, an all-around player. It'll be a tough matchup, but one that I look forward to actually. Maria Sharapova sports It's only the first match of the season. It only gets tougher from here. I have a bit of a different opponent if Suarez Navarro wins the next one, we'll see how that goes. Hopefully I continue to improve and take it a step further this year. Maria Sharapova sports It certainly felt good to start, after not playing a match for a couple of months. Despite all the training, it's such a different feeling to go out on the court and play in front of a crowd, you always want to apply the things you work on little by little into match atmosphere. I think I did that quite well. I wanted to start off sharp and try to do the right things. Maria Sharapova sports I really just kind of got away from it all. I didn't check anything. It was nice not to have to check any scores or who you're playing against, but when you do come to a tournament, of course you're very well aware of what's going on, especially in the tournament. Maria Sharapova sports
