Marat Safin Quotes - Page 2

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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

  Father, Rich Family, Way

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• I pay the bills, I pay for everything.

  Marat Safin

  Pay, Bills

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• 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.

  Marat Safin

  Zero, Years, Different

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

  Marat Safin

  Moving, Important, Grass

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

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  Soccer, Fun, Party

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• 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.

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  Player, World, Roger

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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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• 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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• 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.

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  Pain, Play, Three

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

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  Player, Perfect

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

  Marat Safin

  Europe, Tennis, Littles

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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.

  Marat Safin

  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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• 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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• I don't care about losses anymore.

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  Loss, Care, I Don't Care

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

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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 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 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

  Thinking, Guy, Trying

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

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

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  Successful, Ifs

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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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• 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.

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  Fighting

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