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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
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
Marat Safin
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I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.
Marat Safin
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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.
Marat Safin
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It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass.
Marat Safin
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Probably I'll not be so successful if I will keep everything in myself inside of me.
Marat Safin
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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
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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'.
Marat Safin
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One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.
Marat Safin
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My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.
Marat Safin
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You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.
Marat Safin
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I try to do my best to have fun off the court.
Marat Safin
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I'm not a materialistic person.
Marat Safin
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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.
Marat Safin
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I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.
Marat Safin
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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.
Marat Safin
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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.
Marat Safin
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You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none.
Marat Safin
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I just want to make everyone happy.
Marat Safin
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I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
Marat Safin
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You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive.
Marat Safin
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I am not a player.
Marat Safin
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Me, I don't need money.
Marat Safin
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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.
Marat Safin
