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.
When I come into a tournament, I'm expecting to win. That's my philosophy. I can't go to a tournament thinking, 'I'm going to get my ass kicked today, so I might as well leave.'
I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.
I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.
I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
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.
My family and I built my whole career from scratch.
Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.
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.
This decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon
Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.
I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.
Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.
I'm always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.
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.
If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better - that is the true reward.
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.
I never think about the numbers. I've never played tennis for the money, because as long as I enjoy it, and I can achieve anything, then the money will come. I know that things will start coming up, many more people will want to start getting involved. But I just want to keep my head cool, and I want to leave (business) to the people who take care of business. I just go out and I just play tennis.
When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I'm giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It's fantastic.
It'll be great. Of course I was disappointed last year. But . . I'll get my revenge.
My shoulder's not where I want it to be, but I'm doing a good job of monitoring it.
When you are young, you are a little naive.
I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing.
Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness...they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.
