Marat Safin Quotes - Page 2

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• You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none.

  Marat Safin

  Flaws, Federer

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

  Marat Safin

  Player, Perfect

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

  Marat Safin

  Left, Left And Right

  "Former World No.1 Safin elected to Russian parliament". edition.cnn.com. December 8, 2011.

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

  Marat Safin

  Tennis, Trying, Different

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• 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.

  Marat Safin

  Pain, Play, Three

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• 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.

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  Years, Tennis, Victory

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• You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.

  Marat Safin

  Play, Shut Up, Ifs

  "Marat Safin crashes out of Shanghai with swipe at Berdych and Roddick" by Tomas Berdych, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2009.

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• Wimbledon is not the tournament I love. I don't like how they treat the players. There are small things that don't cost them anything and they make such a big deal out of it. If they treat us this way, well, we have to treat them the same. We want to be respected, the way we respect Wimbledon, even if it is not the best Grand Slam on earth.

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  Player, Cost, Earth

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

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  Winning, Matter, Losing

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

  Marat Safin

  Good Times, Bad Times, Good Times And Bad Times

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• I don't care about losses anymore.

  Marat Safin

  Loss, Care, I Don't Care

  Quips and quotables: Day 3, www.nbcsports.com.

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• I just want to make everyone happy.

  Marat Safin

  Want

  "Russian Revolutionary" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2001.

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• The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.

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  Winning, Goal, Tennis

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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.

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  Different, Want, Espn

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

  Marat Safin

  Football, Mother, Player

  "Safin tries to hold serve with emotions, career". Interview with Jill Lieber, usatoday30.usatoday.com. April 27, 2005.

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

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  Stress, Years, Causes

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

  Marat Safin

  Successful, Ifs

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• I didn't change the world.

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  World, Changing The World

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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'.

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  Practice, People, Needs

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• I'm not fighting with myself.

  Marat Safin

  Fighting

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

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  Thinking, Russia, Cities

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• 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.

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  Running, Play, Tennis

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

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  Wish, Wells, Injured

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• I pay the bills, I pay for everything.

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  Pay, Bills

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

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  Giving Up, Years, Trying

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