Quotes by Marat Safin

About Marat Safin:

Marat Mubinovich Safin is a Russian politician and retired tennis player. Safin won two Grand Slam tournaments and reached the world no. 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin is the older brother of former world No. 1 WTA player, Dinara Safina. They are the first and only brother–sister tandem in tennis history who have both achieved no. 1 rankings.
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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.

Marat Safin

I try to do my best to have fun off the court.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

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

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, nothing. And no people to practice with.

Marat Safin

I'm not a materialistic person.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

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.

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

Marat Safin

I'm not fighting with myself.

Marat Safin

It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

I just want to make everyone happy.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

Author Bio

  • NameMarat Safin
  • DescriptionRussian tennis player
  • BornJanuary 27, 1980
  • CountrySoviet Union
  • ProfessionTennis Player; Politician; Sportsperson
  • AwardsOrder Of Honour