Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safinis a Russian retired tennis player and politician. 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...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth27 January 1980
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
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.
All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.
I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.
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.
I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I can be competitive in 2004. Tennis is like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it.
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.
There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
I'm not fighting with myself.
You cannot change me; this is the way I am.
I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.