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REACH FOR THE TOP, PART II, , MARIA SHARAPOVA
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XTRA QUESTIONS (LONG), , 1. "The nine-year-old girl had already learnt an important, lesson in life-that tennis excellence would only come at a, , mm, , price." Do you agree with the "lesson" that the girl had, learned. What do you think motivated her to pay the price?, , What does one learn from Maria's journey to success?, , Ans. Yes, I agree with the important lesson learned by the, little Maria Sharapova. Success always comes at a price., One pays for it with either hard work, determination,, iron-will etc or by making sacrifices. Without paying the, price one can never achieve good things. Maria Sharapova, , and her success is its example., , Maria achieved tennis excellence at a very young age. Her, journey towards success shows that at a very young age, she, made a sacrifice. She was only nine years old when she,, along with her father, left for US to get her formally trained., She was separated from her mother for two years. Even in, , US, Maria was all alone. But the little Maria was not te
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oné to lose hope. Even when she was seperated from he, , parents as a child of nine, she trained hard., , While her mother was in Siberia, her father worked hard to, make sure that she continues her training. Maria sacrificed, her childhood to train professionally. During her stay in the, US, she was bullied by her senior players. It did not upset, her but encouraged her. She became more determined and, mentally tough. According to her, she would have gone, through much more humiliations and insults, just because it, , made her go towards her dream., , If she had not done those sacrifices, she would not have, achieved her goal of reaching the number one position that, she achieved in 2005. Maria's desire to achieve her goal, Le,, to become the top player in world women tennis along with, , monetary benefits motivated Maria to pay the price., , Finally, she achieved her goal of becoming world s number, one in women's tennis. Thus, it can be said that her mental, toughness and determination helped her reach the top at the, , ere age of eighteen.
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aria’ s journey to success teaches us that success comes, after hard work, dedication and sacrifices. So, to achieve, one's goal, one has to be ready to work hard and sacrifice., One, who hesitates from doing hard work, can't achieve, their goals. Since, Maria was devoted to her sport she, , achieved what she wished., , EXTRA QUESTIONS (SHORT), , 1 Why did Maria have to stay away from her mother ? How, did she feel about that?, , Ans. Maria had to stay away from her mother because she, had to go to the United States for her professional Tennis, training. Her mother, Yelena could not accompany her due, to her visa restrictions., , Maria felt very lonely and depressed without her mother, for, about two years. She had to bear this separation just for her, dream. She realised that she had to sacrifices a lot to gain, , excellence in Tennis.
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2 Why did Maria not retaliate against the humiliation at th, ands of the other athletes?, , Ans Maria did not retaliate against the humiliation at the, hands of the other athletes because she was working hard to, become the world's number one tennis player. It did not, upset her but encouraged her. She took it as a challenge and, worked harder to achieve success. She became more, determined and mentally tough. According to her, she, would have gone through much more humiliations and, , insults, just because it made her go towards her dream., , 3 Why does Maria call herself totally Russian?, , Ans. Maria though lives in the USA, but at heart she is a, Russian. She says that her blood is totally Russian, and, wants to represent Russia in the Olympics. This is just an, indication of her patriotism and her true love for her, , country.
