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

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.

I can't please everyone. That's not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

I’m not the next anyone, I’m the first Maria Sharapova