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?

Marat Safin

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Everybody is smarter from outside of the court. by Marat Safin

Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.

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

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Everything is possible in this life. by Marat Safin

Everything is possible in this life.

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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only beca... by Marat Safin

I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.

other-guys being-the-best guy

I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.

the-end-of-the-day who-i-am winning

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.

zebras fighting sorry

My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.

throwing my-friends sexy

We live because of the dreams. by Marat Safin

We live because of the dreams.

dream

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man. by Marat Safin

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

be-a-man losing men

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.

espn different want

Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.

team winning people

I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to... by Marat Safin

I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.

losing matter winning

Today I break racquets for tomorrow we die. by Marat Safin

Today I break racquets for tomorrow we die.

tomorrow break today

You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive. by Marat Safin

You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive.

wake-up want running

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.'

guy missing love-you

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.

tennis player games

There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.

rich-family father way

Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen. by Marat Safin

Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.

anything-can-happen kind happens

I just want to make everyone happy. by Marat Safin

I just want to make everyone happy.

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I don't care about losses anymore. by Marat Safin

I don't care about losses anymore.

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