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Q. You've spoken before how fortunate you are.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yes.
Q. When you were out this length of time, did you have time to reflect on what a tremendous experience, what a tremendous life you've had and the possibility that you might not have it again?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Oh, absolutely.
Q. Could you reflect on that, please?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, absolutely. Every single day, you know, no matter where I was, I was obviously it seems like I was, you know, home for the whole nine months, but I was spending a lot of time in Arizona so I wasn't exactly home, home.
I did have an opportunity to have a normal life and I think when you're traveling 11 months out of the year, always on the go, and you never have the time to actually settle down and appreciate the very little things that you have in life, and, you know, the No. 1 thing is your family. Your support system, and, you know, the people that are sending you positive vibes every single day. And then just the opportunities that you've had, that you've gained in life from your tennis career, you know.
Everything, tennis and, you know, in my career and when I go out on the court, drives everything, drives myself, drives my business, drives everything that I do.
You know, you realize that, you know, you sit back and you're like, you miss it, you want to be out there, and, you know, doesn't it's from the hour you're in the locker room and putting your dress on, you know, to the 15 minutes before your match where you're warming up and you're pumping yourself up and, you know, you're going to get out there in front of 20,000 people. You miss that. I certainly missed it.
Q. And the one piece of advice that you got during all this period, what was the best advice that you got?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I mean, many. Definitely many. All that I'm very appreciative of. You know, one thing is that you have to what I had to realize from the beginning was that it was going to be a long road. As an athlete, you try to anticipate your comeback. You try to figure out when you're going to be back. Oh, there are so many times I thought, oh, I had I'll be back in Australia, or, oh, I will be back in a few weeks. Every single time it was disappointment after disappointment because you couldn't achieve that goal. So that's when it kind of becomes a little bit frustrating.
I think another thing is many people think that you have surgery and you wake up and you're completely fine. There's a lot of work that goes on, especially after being out of the game, not only getting your shoulder right and getting your strength back after shoulder surgery, but also getting back on the court and training and trying to be where you were before and even better.
Q. You will play Petrova. How do you consider this match?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I've had pretty good success against her. I haven't seen her recently, especially in the last year or so, so I don't really know how she's playing, but I think my coach watched a little bit of her match, and I'm sure I'll get a few pointers. She has a very aggressive serve. She plays a pretty big game. You know, I'm just excited that I gave myself another opportunity to play tomorrow, not tomorrow, but the day after.
Q. If this is act 2 of your career, given that you've had a lot of time to think about things, is there anything you feel like you'll approach differently?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I think my losses, you know, because I was I am still and I was a big competitor. The losses are very tough to take and no matter what brave face you put on, it's always difficult, especially the next day or so, but I think after going through this long process with the shoulder, you know, stuff, I think, I don't think I'll treat those losses that emotionally bad.
Q. You think you'll try to put them behind you faster and process the lessons?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I think I just have more perspective on those things. I've always really had good perspective, but I'm a competitor, you know. So is everyone else here in the draw. Everyone wants to win, and unfortunately there's only fortunately because that's what makes it so exciting. There's only one winner in the men's and women's field. You want to be that one person.
When you're not, you know, you're always thinking of how you can be.
Q. You're known as a fighter. It's practically attached to your name. How difficult was it to encounter a situation where really fighting did not help?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: To be honest, it really did. I think if I was if I was a mentally weak person or individual, I think I wouldn't be here today. I'd be on some island. I mean, sounds good to me, probably sounds good to everyone in this room. You know, with a nice cold Pina Colada and a nice cold towel they hand around at the pools.
But I love being here, and there's no better feeling than waving to the crowd after you've won. There's no better feeling than going on court when they call your name, and, you know, there's a job in front of you and, you know, especially in these days, to know that you have an opportunity to go out and play and have a job.
Q. Your serve, you've obviously had to work a little bit on it and a little different service motion. Can you talk us through that a little bit and where you feel it needs to be, the adjustments on that, Maria?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I think I'm just trying to do everything I can. Work on my shoulder, make it easier. Not just looking for the next five or six months. I'm looking down the road. I want to be playing for as many years as my body can, as long as my body can hold up, and I think these little changes, I mean, little or big, I think whatever I can do in order to help my body and to help my shoulder in this particular case, I will do.
In this point in my career where I've already achieved things way beyond that I expected when I was a little kid, I think if I can adjust and make these changes, it will help my body, then I'm totally up for it.
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