470 Quotes by Maria Sharapova

I have a very big sweet tooth and I love treating myself to something that I wouldn’t necessarily eat during the tournament such as a nice-sized cake.

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.

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.

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

When you come off the court and you feel like you were losing the whole match, and all of a sudden you pulled it out, you know, it’s those moments that you feel you’ve trained for and you work hard for. Just lucky to get through.

I don’t need many things. I don’t need glamour and attention to be happy. I’m very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

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

I’m always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I’m on the go again.

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.