Marat Safin quotes

Marat Safin is a Russian former professional tennis player, known for his powerful game and emotional on-court presence. He won two Grand Slam singles titles and reached the world No. 1 ranking during his career. He later became active in politics and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Here are 50 of his quotes:

If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts. (Marat Safin)
I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy. View quote
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60. View quote
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man. View quote
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It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon. View quote
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Everybody is smarter from outside of the court. View quote
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We live because of the dreams. View quote
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You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive. View quote
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen. View quote
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You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none. View quote
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There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment. (Marat Safin)
I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am. View quote
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It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass. View quote
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I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable. View quote
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else. View quote
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I'm different than another person who wants to lay back and do nothing for rest of the life and talk nonsense on ESPN... I will not do that. I want to achieve something else. View quote
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No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people. View quote
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way. View quote
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people. View quote
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My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player. View quote
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I didn't change the world. (Marat Safin)
But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'. View quote
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I don't care about losses anymore. View quote
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New York is a fantastic city. View quote
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I'm not a materialistic person. View quote
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Marat Safin

Marat Safin - Image
Photo: Tennis-8.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Russian Athlete
Born: January 27, 1980
Quotes count: 50