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

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.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

People need to be cautious because anything built by man can be destroyed by Mother Nature.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

No matter what anyone says, dont take their F**king Bulls**t. Coz you're better then them, faster than them and god damn it, YOU'RE MUCH BETTER LOOKING!!

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

Perhaps the reassuring thing about grieving is that the process will not be cheated.

They eat, they crap, they sleep, and if they're crying they need to do one of the three and they're having trouble doing it. Real simple.