Maria Sharapova

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

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

When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

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 want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

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.

My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.

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.

My family and I built my whole career from scratch.

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

I'd like to have a family.

I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

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.

Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.

I help design my own tennis clothes.

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.