I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress. – 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 could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not 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 up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts. – Marat Safin
I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well. – Marat Safin
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
My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player. – Marat Safin
Whenever I am losing, it’s like, ‘It’s his fault’. And whenever I’m winning it’s like, ‘That’s us’. That’s the team, the people. – Marat Safin
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. – Marat Safin