Marat Safin

We live because of the dreams.

— Marat Safin

New York is a fantastic city.

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.

— Marat Safin

There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

I pay the bills, I pay for everything.

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.

— Marat Safin

Probably I'll not be so successful if I will keep everything in myself inside of me.

— Marat Safin

If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended…

— Marat Safin

No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live…

— Marat Safin

Roger [Federer], he brought tennis... one level higher. Normally he toys with everybody. With all respect to other players, he does whatever…

— 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…

— 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…

— Marat Safin

It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets,…

— Marat Safin

You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive.

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe - I can't hear you.

— Marat Safin

I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— 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…

— Marat Safin

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

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin

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

— Marat Safin