I think if you're serving maybe 180( kph) against somebody else compared to Serena, that's an ace, against Serena, as we all know, the return is one of her great strengths. She's very explosive. Maria Sharapova More Quotes by Maria Sharapova More Quotes From Maria Sharapova It's nice to be one of the most beautiful people. Maria Sharapova nicebeautifulpeople As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I'm going to play. Maria Sharapova individualmatterplay My family and I built my whole career from scratch. Maria Sharapova scratchesmy-familycareers I'd like to have a family. Maria Sharapova Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself. Maria Sharapova fashionexpressionway I'm always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids. Maria Sharapova dinnerannoyingcameras I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself. Maria Sharapova schedulesplayerthinking I know you are reporters and I know this is your job, but, you know, take your note pads, take your pencils down, take your grunt-o-meters down, the fashion police, put everything away and just watch the match, you know, from just the fans' perspective. I seriously think that the quality of the match today was great. Maria Sharapova fashionjobsthinking Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper. Maria Sharapova finalspaperwould-be 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 tenniseffortpay I think when you have surgery on any part of your body, it's never going to be the same. Maria Sharapova surgerybodythinking I heard endless conversations between my parents when I was going to sleep about how we would survive, how we would continue. All of them were about trying to make me better. Maria Sharapova parentsleeptrying 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-workplaythinking I love to collect modern art. Maria Sharapova modern-artmodernart I can't say I don't like acting, but I can't imagine a career when I have to spend 70 percent of my time in a trailer eating Snickers bars. Maria Sharapova barscareersacting I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court Maria Sharapova appreciatedesignfashion When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal. Maria Sharapova nicehometravel I owe a lot to my parents. Maria Sharapova parent 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 tennisyearsfall I don't do heavy weights at all. Maria Sharapova heavy-weightsheavyweight
