Best 61 quotes of Marat Safin on MyQuotes

All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.

But normally when you talk to yourself [on court] you say; 'I love you, you're a good guy, but don't miss next time, okay.'

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'.

Don't get too excited when I am winning, and don't get too depressed when I am losing. Just keep it cool.

Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.

Everything is possible in this life.

Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.

From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I can be competitive in 2004. Tennis is like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it.

I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.

I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.

I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.

I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.

I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.

I didn't change the world.

I don't care about losses anymore.

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.

If you get operated, something can go wrong and you can just say bye-bye to tennis. That's what happened to a lot of soccer players in Europe. They get operated, some things, it's not the mistake of the doctor. It's just some surgeries, they just don't go the right way...My injury will never go away. It's already become so chronic there's no chance to fix it so I can play without pain.

If you're losing, just be a man, be a man and lose as a man. Don't pretend that you are injured and then you start running around and start to hit winners, and then all of a sudden you pull the hands up in the air after winning the match. I mean, what kind of sportsman are you? What kind of man are you?

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.

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.

I'm not a materialistic person.

I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey and said, listen, I'm not a hippo. So, he paint himself like a zebra. He said but he's still a hippo. He said but look at you, you're painted like a zebra but you are a hippo. So then he goes, you know, like I want be a little parrot. So, he put the colours on him and he comes to the monkey and said but, sorry, you are a hippo. So, in the end, you know, he comes and said I'm happy to be a hippo. This is who I am. So, I have to be who I am and he's happy being a hippo.

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.

'I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive...

It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass.

I try to do my best to have fun off the court.

It's a completely different situation right now because last year it was the time that nobody expected anything from me anything -- I had nothing to lose, basically I was starting from zero. And now I'm back in Top 5. And for me it's a different stage.

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.

It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing again last week, I still felt some pain in my wrist.

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.

It's too many questions about what I'm going to do, why I'm retiring, and this and that. So I answer the same question, I don't know, a thousand times.

It's too much pressure. You have to think match by match and moment by moment or it drives you to distraction. I'm tired of all the talk about it. Everyone is obsessed with it...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.

It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.

I've felt it (shoulder soreness) since the first day I came, but more so now. Yesterday in the doubles I felt like I couldn't serve at all. I had a lot of pain. I decided to stop because without the serve it doesn't make any sense. It's better to stop and try to recover. If you play, you play 100 percent, not to suffer on the court...Hopefully I'll be ready for the Australian Open. I'll ask for a late start and try to recover. I can playing forehand, backhand, anything except serve.

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.

I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.

I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.

I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.

I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.

I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

Many say that (Pete) Sampras is the greatest player. But I say with all due respect to the rest, that he (Roger Federer) is the most complete player in the world so far.

My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't.

New York is a fantastic city.

One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.

Right now my main aim is not to get injured any more. I am a little bit afraid of running and sliding because the ankle was so painful. But I am not a person who runs a lot, who spends a lot of energy on the court. If I am mentally OK, if nothing is bothering me and I want to play, then it is fine.