--- title: "1 Respect Players Quotes By Marat Safin" description: "1 Respect Players quotes by Marat Safin. Plus more from Marat Safin and more Respect Players sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/marat-safin-9020_court_roger-federer-he-brought-tennis-one-leve_834047.jpg" --- > [ Roger \[Federer\], he brought tennis... one level higher. Normally he toys with everybody. With all respect to other players, he does whatever he wants on the court against them. It's incredible what kind of game he can play. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/roger-federer-he-brought-tennis-one-level-higher-normally-he-toys/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/marat-safin-9020_court_roger-federer-he-brought-tennis-one-leve_834047.jpg) ## More by Marat Safin > [ 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.' ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/but-normally-when-you-talk-to-yourself-on-court-you-say-i-love-you/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/from-now-until-the-end-of-the-year-i-would-like-to-eke-out-one/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/i-can-improve-it-a-little-bit-but-it-s-my-head-it-s-the-way-i-am-so/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [Me, I don't need money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/me-i-don-t-need-money/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [I am not a player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/i-am-not-a-player/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/i-love-tennis-but-i-just-don-t-like-grass/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/no-matter-what-happens-tennis-is-still-tennis-you-can-see-a-lot-of/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/if-you-re-losing-just-be-a-man-be-a-man-and-lose-as-a-man-don-t/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/i-m-not-fighting-with-myself-oh-my-god-that-s-how-i-am-you-know-the/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/i-think-it-s-difficult-to-be-no-1-there-s-too-much-attention-too-much/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [Today I break racquets for tomorrow we die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/today-i-break-racquets-for-tomorrow-we-die/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/it-s-like-love-when-you-look-too-hard-you-don-t-find-it-when-you-let/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/if-you-get-operated-something-can-go-wrong-and-you-can-just-say-bye/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/the-olympics-is-not-for-tennis-and-tennis-does-not-need-the-olympics/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) > [I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marat-safin/i-could-go-and-make-commercials-left-and-right-and-pretend-like-i-am/) [Marat Safin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marat-safin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/respect-players/marat-safin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Respect Players Quotes By Marat Safin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Roger [Federer], he brought tennis... one level higher. Normally he toys with everybody. 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