Maria Sharapova Quotes

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.

Even though it feels like you are so far away from the big leagues, my love for the game kept me motivated to get through the hard times in the minors.

Every time my capability as an actor would be questioned, I would put in double the effort.

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal.

Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

I do the extra... When you do the extra you should never doubt yourself... every fight I have a smile on my face because I know I've done it all.

After people become convinced they have what it takes to succeed, they persevere in the face of adversity and quickly rebound from setbacks. By sticking it out through tough times, they emerge stronger from adversity.

Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated.

Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

There's always a way through things if you work hard enough and look close. It all depends on your level of determination.

The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.