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e Short Answer Type Questions, , _\. 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 training, , and her mother could not accompany her due to her visa, restrictions., , She felt very lonely and depressed without her mother. She, had to bear this separation just for her dream.
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Why does Maria call herself totally Russian?, , Maria 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., , What does Maria declare to be her ‘Mantra’ for, success?, , Maria’s mantra for success is that she considers herself to, be very competitive. She works hard to be the best in, whatever she does. She does not allow herself to be, emotional and sentimental.
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e Long Answer Type Questions, , 1., , Ans., , “The nine-year-old girl had already learnt an, important lesson in life-that tennis excellence, would only come at a price.” Do you agree with the, ‘lessow’ that the girl had learned. What do you think, , motivated her to pay the price?, , 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. While her
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Ans., , n Siberia, her father worked hard to fale, ' ining. Maria sacrificed, , -e that she continues her training ce, , childhood to train professionally. If she had not done, , 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, i.e, to become the top, player in world women tennis along with monetary, benefits motivated Maria to pay the price., , mother was i, , SO,, , Mental toughness and determination became a key, to Maria’s success. Elaborate. What does one learn, from Maria’s journey to success?, , Mental toughness and determination became a key to her, success as success demands the best of one’s efforts. One, must remember that during the journey to success, there, are certain incidents or people who can depress anyone,, In such cases, one can surely be deprived of success., , But the little Maria was not the one to lose hope. Even, when she was seperated from her parents as a child of, nine, she trained hard., , 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, 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 mere age of eighteen., Maria’s journey to success teaches us that success comes, after hard work, dedication and sacrifices. So, to achieve, Be S goal, one has to be ready to work hard and sacrifice:, ne, who hesitates from doing hard work, can’t achieve, , their goals. Since, Mari, : ; » Maria was devot rt she, achieved what she wished, ey tp her sar
