175 Quotes by 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.

If you get operated, something can go wrong and you can just say bye-bye to tennis. That's what happened to a lot of soccer players in Europe. They get operated, some things, it's not the mistake of the doctor. It's just some surgeries, they just don't go the right way...My injury will never go away. It's already become so chronic there's no chance to fix it so I can play without pain.

That was...that was choking. You're right. But of course when you play against (Roger) Federer, he's No. 1 in the world, he won three grand slams last year, and he's just full of confidence. It's difficult to do anything regular to beat him. You have to do something extra to be able to have the chance to beat him. Set points, I had six of them and I couldn't take one. But I was close.

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

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.

I just want to make everyone happy.

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