#al

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

#another #back #different #else #espn

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

#having #having fun #i #into #life

But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'. ↗

— Marat Safin

#behind #care #coming #everything #fault

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

#comfortable #difficult #difficult times #during #felt

I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress. ↗

— Marat Safin

#comebacks #difficult #every #i #lot

I'm not a materialistic person. ↗

— Marat Safin

#materialistic #person

I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy. ↗

— Marat Safin

#being #i #moment #realized #unhappy

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

#balls #break #buy #courts #impossible

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

#down #drain #every #getting #going

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

— Marat Safin

#grass #important #important things #most #move