Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.

I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

Since I'm constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.

I don't get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

Within a few years the name 'Maria Sharapova' will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

We all started under the sun and finished under the lights.

It's easy to impress me. I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I'm happy. I'm satisfied. I'm content.

100% of a Guru’s marketing plan depends on you holding the belief that you are not enough

The Swartzentruber Order is the most conservative on the Amish spectrum. Amish people have differences just like any culture.

oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.

They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

We must become the people we want our children to be.

The Muses inspire art and pretend not to notice when Mammon buys it.

Pink Friday is a celebration of my life at this moment; it is a reflection of me as a creator, and an expression of me as a woman.

I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others.

I love dressing up, though I have to hide my rubbish hair in a hat.

Speaking of which, would you like to explain to me how you’re alive