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You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.
Marat Safin
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Marat Safin
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 27
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Don't get too excited when I am winning, and don't get too depressed when I am losing. Just keep it cool.
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Right now my main aim is not to get injured any more. I am a little bit afraid of running and sliding because the ankle was so painful. But I am not a person who runs a lot, who spends a lot of energy on the court. If I am mentally OK, if nothing is bothering me and I want to play, then it is fine.
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No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
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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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