I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life. – 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 think it’s difficult to be No. 1. ‘There’s too much attention, too much expectation from other people. – Marat Safin
It’s a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it’s getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon. – Marat Safin
There’s a lot of things in life that we don’t know why they’re coming exactly at this moment. – Marat Safin
I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable. – Marat Safin
I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that’s only because all the other guys are over 60. – Marat Safin
All in all, I think Kazan is Russia’s sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind. – Marat Safin
I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this. – 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’ve lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer. – Marat Safin
No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people. – Marat Safin