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.

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.

Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Endure and persist this pain will turn to good by and by.

God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked.

I always look to my mom for strength and courage when I need it.

Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible-from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius [of] our scientists.

I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.

The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity.

If you are bitter, it will eat you up and do you much more damage than the people who have hurt you

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.