Marat Safin Tennis Quotations

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.

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.

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

I'm ambitious. I better start climbing back up there, because otherwise I will not get into tournaments. People will not take me as serious. It's very important to show everybody I still know how to play tennis and I'm still fighting.

I took a risk to come here and start a bit early to prepare for the U.S. Open. I?m praying to God so I will be healthy and will be able to play good tennis in the U.S. Open.

You know why I want to win? Because of 15,000 reasons inside of the tennis court.

Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe - I can't hear you.

No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.

I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.

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.

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.

Roger [Federer], he brought tennis... one level higher. Normally he toys with everybody. With all respect to other players, he does whatever he wants on the court against them. It's incredible what kind of game he can play.

Everything is possible in this life...

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.