这本书是莎拉波娃的自传，目前没有中文版，只有英文版，所有一些引用直接使用了英文

让我选择去读的原因之一就是，莎拉波娃初期并不擅长红土，却在职业生涯后期拿了两个红土冠军，是她所展现出来的韧性，让我好奇她背后的故事。

回到自传

时间回到2016年的澳网，莎拉波娃药检阳性被禁赛，原因是一个莎拉波娃没有及时注意到之前一直在用的药物，在新加入的违禁药品之内，而当时正处于其职业生涯末期，禁赛，无疑宣告职业生涯的提前结束。

这时莎娃念念不忘的是小威廉姆斯和其对局，是十七岁那年击败小威廉姆斯捧得温网奖杯，也正是小威廉姆斯带给莎娃漫长的艰苦岁月，原文如下：

“I beat in the Winbeldon final to emerge on international stage at seventeen, and it’s Serena who given me the hardest time since, I’ve beaten all the palyers who have beaten Serena, but it’s been nearly impossible for me to beat Serena herself. There’s a reason for this - she knows it and she knows that I know “

莎娃想着：”My career would end as it began” 想着再击败小威廉姆斯一次，然后完美退役，可是一切都伴随着竞赛，而显得不可能了，”Man plans,God laughs”

药检已成定局,”Goddamnit, Sharapra finally screamed rousing herself “I going to fight this bullshit”

但是这一切不会将莎娃打败，想要明白着一切，如莎娃所写

To understand my determination, you need to know who I am, where I come from, who happened. You need to know the crazy story. In other words, you need to know everything

This is a story about scarifice, what you have to give up. But it’s also just the story of a girl and her father and their crazy adventure

疯狂的冒险包括，切尔诺贝利核泄漏后搬家索契，6岁和爸爸因为网球去一切未知的美国

莎娃4岁打球,”Ribbins and trophies get old, but losing lasts. I hate it, fear of defeat is what really drives many of us”，我们对失败的恐惧，同样驱使着我们去胜利。

故事的一切开始于 Gomel,一个白俄罗斯的城市，离切尔诺贝利非常近，1986年，发生的切尔诺贝利核泄漏，迫使莎娃一家搬家到新城市索契，莎娃的喜欢上了网球，并让莎娃也在很小的时候接触到网球，莎娃也展现了她笔下的toughness.

By toughness, Yurikin meant persistence, the quality that makes you look in and focus when asked to do the same thing a millions times.