five places you want to go asked by anonymous
↳ new york, usa
(Source: nataliessportman)
Via You'll still have me
Anyways I know it’s just as tough for my fans to handle my losses as it is for me, but let me point something out….I didn’t leave my mom at the age of 7 for nothing. I didn’t spend 6 hours a day practicing in the Florida sun at the age of 9 for nothing. I didn’t spend those extra hours on the back courts with my dad figuring out if I’m going to play right-handed or left-handed for nothing. I didn’t sleep in little cods for 3 years eating oatmeal out of a packet, while playing ITF’s in the middle of nowhere for nothing. And I certainly didn’t sit at the kitchen table, way past dinner, perfecting Russian essays and math equations until they met my mother’s standards, for nothing. All this has helped me build character and there’s no greater asset than being able to stand up for yourself. No matter how many losses I will have in my career, I will always know what has brought me to this point…..and that’s hard work.
– Maria Sharapova (via intohervagenda)(Source: allaboutkatina)
Via
How does it feel, don’t take this the wrong way, the old lady left in the draw?
Maria: Uhm, thank you. I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not, it doesn’t sound…It’s not, right?
You know, I think a few years don’t really make that much of a difference. Yeah, you know, I had my success really early in my career, and I don’t regret it for one second.
I think maybe if I achieved big things when I was, you know, a little bit older, not 17, maybe I wouldn’t be seen as more of a veteran. I’d still be considered young.But I don’t regret for a second that I had a lot of success when I was young, because I feel like I got to learn so much more than players at my age.
Yeah, it is the way it is, right? Can’t do anything about it.
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