Quotes from Maria Sharapova

I personally love Jennifer Lawrence. She's an amazing actress, but so young and fresh and youthful.

Those are real hard fans. There are a lot of them here. Some are a little bit crazy with their drinking their beers every once in a while. But I love it.

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 know my roots and I cannot forget the journey I made.

If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble. Because I'm all over that dog, all the time.

When you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

I don't have to follow any special diet or count calories. I try to eat healthily and before a match I load up on pasta and salads. But I pretty much do what I want.

When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.

I have had lots of luck in my career but there has also been a lot of hard work.

There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.

I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.

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

I still love things that you don't even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.

I'd probably start charging for medical timeouts. I think we'd all see who really uses them and who doesn't.

Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.'

When you are young, you are a little naive.

Well, fans always root for the underdog.

I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.

When I travel, I love speaking to women around the world about the things that inspire them, the fashions they like, what makes something good and what would make it even better.

I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing.

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