Marat Safin Quotes

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Marat Safin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 27, 1980

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

Marat Safin

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

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

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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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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.

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

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

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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.

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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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I just want to make everyone happy.

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Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.

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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.

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We live because of the dreams.

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Me, I don't need money.

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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.

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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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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.

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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 will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.

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

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