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.

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.

The city gives even to children a sophisticated look that baffles the casual psychologist.

You cannot earn $10 million. Nobody earns millions. You can rob, you can steal, or you can make $10 million in an IPO, but never earn so much. So just forget all this saving and consulting bullshit.

Fear slams the door on belief, hope, and faith.

Now, finally has the elevator arrived. The stairs was about to become a personal inferno.

Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.

Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.

People ask how I think up my thoughts. Mostly I think them up while reading Paul Simon's lyrics.

[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.

Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer.

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.