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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.

Marat Safin

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Marat Safin
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 27
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If you're losing, just be a man, be a man and lose as a man. Don't pretend that you are injured and then you start running around and start to hit winners, and then all of a sudden you pull the hands up in the air after winning the match. I mean, what kind of sportsman are you? What kind of man are you?
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It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing again last week, I still felt some pain in my wrist.
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I don't care about losses anymore.
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I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
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Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.
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New York is a fantastic city.
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I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.
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You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.
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I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.
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It's a completely different situation right now because last year it was the time that nobody expected anything from me anything -- I had nothing to lose, basically I was starting from zero. And now I'm back in Top 5. And for me it's a different stage.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.
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Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe - I can't hear you.
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I'm not fighting with myself.
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I'm not a materialistic person.
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It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass.
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Everything is possible in this life.
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One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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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.
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