Post by Annie on Jun 11, 2005 17:52:03 GMT 3
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Quotes By Marat
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All quotes below are by Marat.
* "Everything is possible in this life..." Marat Safin
* "I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey and said, listen, I'm not a hippo. So, he paint himself like a zebra. He said but he's still a hippo. He said but look at you, you're painted like a zebra but you are a hippo. So then he goes, you know, like I want be a little parrot. So, he put the colours on him and he comes to the monkey and said but, sorry, you are a hippo. So, in the end, you know, he comes and said I'm happy to be a hippo. This is who I am. So, I have to be who I am and he's happy being a hippo. "
After 1st round defeat to Kiefer, Toronto Master Series 2004
* "Don't get too excited when I am winning, and don't get too depressed when I am losing. Just keep it cool." Monaco 2004
* "I really don't like that modern art stuff, the kind of art where you need to be on mushrooms or something to figure it out. Kasmir Malevich, you know him? The guy with the white squares? I mean, what is this?"
* "I love it when people say 'Oh, it's Anna's image," says Marat Safin, a top men's player who grew up with her in Moscow. "I like Anna, but it's no image. She's been like that all her life. Since she was a little girl she is thinking she is the best and the prettiest."
* "It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes."
-Marat telling CNNSI.com how he rediscovered his form at the AO 2002.
* "Thank you. Thank you for the compliment."
after being asked if he had lost some weight when he had actually gained 2 kilos.-2002-
* "If you don't start the year well, you need a miracle to have a good season." -2002-
* "Not yet. It's my first day on the job. Give me some time."
on not breaking a racquet in his first match of the year -2002- against M.Chang in Auckland.
* "Do you expect me to smile like an idiot on court? Nobody likes to lose, and I can't be relaxed when I see on the scoreboard that I'm loosing and making stupid mistakes. That's just the way I am."
following a first round loss to M.Mirnyi - 2001 -
* "We just talked about an agreement, man to man. But we didn't speak about business yet...He thinks in Swedish, I think in Russian and we speak in English. It's tough. But I hope it's going to be OK. I need a coach. I need to start with somebody who can travel for a longtime. I don't need any more guys for 2 weeks."
on working with M.Wilander. - 2001 -
* "I am from Moscow but I think this is one of the most beautiful cities we have in Russia. I have been here many times and I just love it."
Marat about St.Petersburg.
* "We don't have dolphins in Russia so I probably won't have the chance to do that again. They were a little slippery, so I had a little trouble riding them, but it was funny."-about swimming with dolphins at the Miami Seaaquarium.
* "I pay the bills, I pay for everything."-Marat Safin, who recently won the ASAP Sports Most Quotable Player of the year, on how he intends to keep new coach Mats Wilander happy.
* "I was in the right place at the right moment. God came to me, patted me on the head and said: 'You will win the glory'. On winning US Open 2000
* One silly reporter asked what the difference was between him and Anna Kournikova (I guess he was getting at the sex symbol aspect, dunno) ... Marat looked disgusted and said "She is woman ... I am man".
* "I am enjoying the sport I’ve been playing since six. It's better than cleaning the streets of Moscow.”
* "That's my goal (to win a slam and finish this year No.1). It's too much maybe, but that's the dream. We live because of the dreams."
* "Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't."
* "No, I didn't watch the [Thomas Johansson-Jiri Novak] match, actually. I was busy." - Platinum blonde-o-phile Marat Safin, to schoolboy-like laughter from journalists. "I was watching the movie." - Marat Safin clears up the confusion at Aus Open 2002.
* "You know why I want to win? Because of 15,000 reasons inside of the tennis court." - Marat Safin says he beat Pete Sampras for all of us.
* "My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things."
* Marat: Lady, can you speak up a little bit -- Indianapolis is a little far from Europe, so I can't hear you.
* Q. Will Yevgeny actually retire if you win the Davis Cup?
MARAT SAFIN: That is the question without any answer. I cannot give you the answer. He says yes, but, you know, he has like seven Fridays in a week."
* "Of course!" he blurts out, when asked if he considers himself a ladies' man. "I'm not gay! Find me one normal guy who doesn't like women's company. I think it's good. It's natural. You cannot fight against nature, right?"
* "I am not a singer or a rock star. Tennis is Tennis. If you want to see a clown, go to a circus."
* " I wasn't a genius I wasn't stupid. I was okay. I was a normal guy. Sometimes I cheated in exams. we all do."
* "It's the atmosphere. That's my place, and everyone has their place. I was born in Moscow and that is the place I am going to live the rest of my life. When I retire of course I will go back. The best looking girls live in Russia. It's true."
* "Places like Bronx or Queens are worse. Moscow isn't even close. Of course some people get shot by accident, but nobody is getting killed in the street. There is not a war."
* [after a practise session with Marc Rossett at his Geneva tennis club]
Interviewer "How did you find Marc [Rossett]?"
Marat "Old."
* "Shallow Hal. That was the worst film I ever saw. Terrible, horrible, disgusting movie. I think the director never watched it after he finished filming. Stupid movie."
* "But normally when you talk to yourself [on court] you say; 'I love you, you're a good guy, but don't miss next time, okay.' "
* Webchat at Indian Wells 2001
gabrielle: MARAT: Do you find it hard to be a star? Do people recognize you in the street?
Marat_Safin: the stars are only in the sky
* Interviewer "Why did it take you so long to come to the press conference?"
Marat "I have to take care of myself, also. Sorry. I have to make some massage, smell good, shower."
* [during a web chat]
Girl "Say something to me Marat!!"
Marat " Something."
* "I have an empty refrigerator and nobody takes care of things around the house. I have nobody to cook for me, so I go to restaurants. Me cooking? No idea! Me washing clothes? No idea! I can't do anything domestic!"
* Last week he was asked if he had designs on emulating Kournikova and emigrating soon to the U.S. "Oh, so you want me to kill myself?" responded Safin, who recently bought an apartment in Monte Carlo. "They don't even let me drink beer in this country."
* "Then there's the matter of that coaching vacancy. "I can't understand it," Safin says with mock earnestness. "You get to spend 24 hours a day around me. That should be hard to resist, shouldn't it?"
* "Tony [Pickard - Wimbledon 2001 coach] is the one guy who understood me, he found out really soon what I need. The others weren't coaches. I don't need to change things in my game, it is good enough. What I need to improve is my mental ability, to learn not to frustrate myself. They always want to change the player. They say: 'Now I am here, you will do what I say'. Why? I am also a person, I have been on the tour since I was 18, so I am not somebody from kindergarten who has no clue. I know what I want, I know what I need to beat other players, but something is missing. This is something I need to sort out, but I am quite responsible for myself."
