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My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

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Maria Sharapova
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: April 19
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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova
Mariya Sarapova
Marija Šarapova
Maria Szarapowa
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Maria Shirapova
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I have a Russian heart.
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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.
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I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!
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I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.
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I look forward to the challenges.
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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.
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I don't have to follow any special diet or count calories. I try to eat healthily and before a match I load up on pasta and salads. But I pretty much do what I want.
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The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
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I love yoga. I do yoga when I have time, which is not very often.
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Physically, I have to get a lot better, ... I have to play these three setters and the points are going to go on and on. This is not something that is going to happen overnight. I am only 18 and this is going to take time. My body is still growing and I'm still adjusting to my own body.
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If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.
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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.
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
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Those are real hard fans. There are a lot of them here. Some are a little bit crazy with their drinking their beers every once in a while. But I love it.
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As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I'm always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.
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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.
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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.
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I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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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.
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I'm always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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