Quotes about Marat
名人談薩芬

"So on a day, yeah, he can kill everybody. He doesn't even beat them, he can kill them. So I think that's what makes him so dangerous."
Roger Federer

费德勒说 :
突然有一天，他可能杀死任人敌人。他不只是打败他们，他是把对方彻底摧毁。这也是为什为我觉得他是个危险人物。


* "He's got a great backhand-one of the best in the world...He's very solid from the back court. He hits the ball very big and very deep and he's got that big serve that kind of sets it up for him. He's a powerful player, and mentally, at times, he can be fragile, but tonight he was strong. He kept his composure when he needed to and played a great match. But he's got a lot of talents and he's put it together this week."
-Pete Sampras on the many talents of Marat after losing to the Russian in Melbourne 2002.

山普拉斯在2002 澳网输给MARAT後说:
他的反手 很厉害-全世界最顶尖之一。在底线他很扎实。他击球又猛又深，发球也十分凶狠，因此他无往不利。他是个很有力量的球手，不过心理上有时候很脆弱，但今天他心理素质很强。他在需要赢球时始终保持冷静。他实在太有天赋，而这周他将这些天赋都充分发挥出来了。

* "Last night I applied some of my famous 'Rub Dub' massage creme to Marat Safin. Afterwards, Marat told me that it was so hot that he never moved so fast on court in his life."
Bill Norris (ATP trainer)
After the Russian defeated D.Prinosil in straight sets. AO 2002

MARAT 在2002澳网直落三击败对手後，BILL NORRIS (ATP防护员)说:
昨晚我把我最有名的按摩膏帮他按摩。MARAT告诉我说，这按摩膏实在太热了，让他这辈子没有跑这麼快过。
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"He's catching, but he's young, you know. He has very good potential. He's a great player, and his potential is n°1. I assume he's doing to play a lot of matches, he's going to break other racquets. Is going to be big fight, you know. Depends how long I going to play, you know...I think he throws the racquets with emotions. That's how you should throw the racquet."
Goran Ivanisevic on Marat Safin's chances to pass him for the lead of most career broken racquets.

伊凡(伊万) 谈论有关MARAT可能会打破他摔拍的记录:
他在追赶，不过他还年轻。他很有潜力。他是个很棒的球手，他的潜力无人能敌世界第一。我想他还有很长远的路要走，所以他还会摔很多拍子。你知道，这可是很大的挑战啊。我想也要看我还要打多久吧，他摔拍从来都是十分激动的，摔拍本来就应该是这种摔法!!!

* Marat Safin - Simply the best-looking male player on the planet, possibly the best-looking male as well. A true gladiator, a perfectly proportioned being and a tennis equivalent to Leo Tolstoy if only he could get that temper under control. Still, great champions should possess a healthy dose of madness and Marat needs to smash racquets the way some people need to crack their knuckles. He is also extremely dry-witted and gives entertaining interviews. At the Tennis Masters Series in Toronto (which he won), he explained his addiction to racquet smashing. “Sometimes, you need this. And I think the people, they understand this. Because we are human beings and we need to try to break it because it’s only a racquet, it’s nothing else. But I know it’s not very nice on the court. It doesn’t look very, I would say, very educated.”
Some of Safin’s shots look like they might make holes in the court. In a few years time, when he has collected a number of Grand Slam titles, he will be shattering many women’s hearts as well.
Australian Tennis Magazine, October 2000
"Here Come the Gladiators": The Top Ten Hottest Men in Tennis.
Marat was #1 (of course).

澳洲网球杂志 (2000十月)标题-战士出现了，十位最性感的网球男球手，MARAT是第一名:
MARAT SAFIN 简单来说是地表上最美丽的男子球员，可能也是地表上最帅的男子。他是个真正的战士，身材比例如此完美，假如加上能控制自 己的脾气，他可以说是网坛里的托尔斯泰 (Leo Tolstoy)。不过，一个很棒的球员本来就应该是带点疯狂，MARAT需要摔拍子就好像有些人要折 折自己的手关节一样。他本人也十分聪明，访谈内容总令人会心一笑。在加拿大公开赛(他夺冠)时他为自己摔拍成瘾作了解释「有时候你必须要发洩一下，我想人 们都可以理解的。因为我们只是平凡的人类，所以有时候需要摔一下拍子，它不过是个球拍，又不是什麼了不起的东西。不过我知道这样在是不太好看，彷佛我是没 受过教育的老粗似的.....」MARAT的一些球打起来好像是球场特别为他而设计。几年之後，当他再多年几个大满贯，他可能会迷死更多女人...
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“He’s the prototype for the new generation of tennis players. That’s the body. If you could pick one, if you could design one...that is exactly the body that you want. Because he’s fast and he’s smooth, and he doesn’t move like a guy normally moves 6-4 on a tennis court. You see those guys who kind of lumber around. This guy, man... He’s a real natural”
“If he could put it all together...who could stop this guy? On his best day, I don’t think there’s another guy who’s as good as he is...It’s really just a question of him putting it all together and keeping his head together. He’s young, there’s no reason he can’t have a beautiful career. It’s really gonna be in spite of himself if he does not.”
Jim Courier

前世界球王 JIM COURIER说: (2005澳网半决赛访问MARAT那位前辈)
他是新生代网球选手的样版，也就是他的身型.....如果你一定要选一个，或者你要设计一个，他的身型正就是你理想中的样子，因为虽然他高达六呎四，但在场上移动是如此快速又顺畅。你常看到很多高大但笨拙的，而这个小子，天啊，他可是天生的...
如果他能将自己的利器充分发挥，有谁是他的对手呢。在他保持最佳状态时，我心中想不出其他更优秀的人选。一切的问题全在於他有没有浪费天赋，头脑是否保持清醒。他那麼年轻，谁说他不会有一个辉煌的职业生涯呢。不管如何，他不会被堆没的。
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* "With such charm, such a nonchalant smile, this guy is twice as dangerous... shortly he will eclipse Agassi if he continues this way... Never before has a Russian tennis player been so interesting as a personality."
"I’m hoping he will (fulfill his talent). It’d be big for the men’s game if he did. He’s a very smart guy.. he speaks a lot of languages. He’s obviously a great-looking young guy... If people could just make him understand... how big it would be for him to step up and play with the type of fire that a Hewitt plays with. It would be incredible for tennis. If he could embrace that even for a few years..."
"Safin happens to be a very very intelligent young man. He speaks a number of languages... very quick on his feet. He's got it all. He's got the talent, he's got the looks, he's a very intelligent young guy. And he's got a sense of humour."
John McEnroe:

一代球王麦克安诺说:
拥有这般的魅力，这般无邪的笑容，这小子的危险可是平常人的两倍....如果他继续保持下去势必凌驾阿加西....俄罗斯从来没有网球选手有如此迷人的个人特质。
我希望他能完全发挥天赋，如果他做到了，势必在网坛将掀起风暴。他好聪明，擅长多国语言，而且外貌出众。如果有人说服气，学学休依特那样努力，对男子网球会有多大改变。他必能风光好一阵子........
萨芬是个十分聪明的年轻人，他会讲很多国话，跑得又快。他什麼都具备了，天赋，美貌，脑子。而且，他又很幽默。
(JUSTSAFIN: McEnroe每次都用尽最美的形容词来形容MARAT，访问MARAT时也充满惜才的眼神.........)

* Marat Safin - Simply the best-looking male player on the planet, possibly the best-looking male as well. A true gladiator, a perfectly proportioned being and a tennis equivalent to Leo Tolstoy if only he could get that temper under control. Still, great champions should possess a healthy dose of madness and Marat needs to smash racquets the way some people need to crack their knuckles. He is also extremely dry-witted and gives entertaining interviews. At the Tennis Masters Series in Toronto (which he won), he explained his addiction to racquet smashing. “Sometimes, you need this. And I think the people, they understand this. Because we are human beings and we need to try to break it because it’s only a racquet, it’s nothing else. But I know it’s not very nice on the court. It doesn’t look very, I would say, very educated.”
Some of Safin’s shots look like they might make holes in the court. In a few years time, when he has collected a number of Grand Slam titles, he will be shattering many women’s hearts as well.
Australian Tennis Magazine, October 2000
"Here Come the Gladiators": The Top Ten Hottest Men in Tennis.
Marat was #1 (of course).

澳洲网球杂志 (2000十月)标题-战士出现了，十位最性感的网球男球手，MARAT是第一名:
MARAT SAFIN 简单来说是地表上最美丽的男子球员，可能也是地表上最帅的男子。他是个真正的战士，身材比例如此完美，假如加上能控制自 己的脾气，他可以说是网坛里的托尔斯泰 (Leo Tolstoy)。不过，一个很棒的球员本来就应该是带点疯狂，MARAT需要摔拍子就好像有些人要折 折自己的手关节一样。他本人也十分聪明，访谈内容总令人会心一笑。在加拿大公开赛(他夺冠)时他为自己摔拍成瘾作了解释「有时候你必须要发洩一下，我想人 们都可以理解的。因为我们只是平凡的人类，所以有时候需要摔一下拍子，它不过是个球拍，又不是什麼了不起的东西。不过我知道这样在是不太好看，彷佛我是没 受过教育的老粗似的.....」MARAT的一些球打起来好像是球场特别为他而设计。几年之後，当他再多年几个大满贯，他可能会迷死更多女人...
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“He’s the prototype for the new generation of tennis players. That’s the body. If you could pick one, if you could design one...that is exactly the body that you want. Because he’s fast and he’s smooth, and he doesn’t move like a guy normally moves 6-4 on a tennis court. You see those guys who kind of lumber around. This guy, man... He’s a real natural”
“If he could put it all together...who could stop this guy? On his best day, I don’t think there’s another guy who’s as good as he is...It’s really just a question of him putting it all together and keeping his head together. He’s young, there’s no reason he can’t have a beautiful career. It’s really gonna be in spite of himself if he does not.”
Jim Courier

前世界球王 JIM COURIER说: (2005澳网半决赛访问MARAT那位前辈)
他是新生代网球选手的样版，也就是他的身型.....如果你一定要选一个，或者你要设计一个，他的身型正就是你理想中的样子，因为虽然他高达六呎四，但在场上移动是如此快速又顺畅。你常看到很多高大但笨拙的，而这个小子，天啊，他可是天生的...
如果他能将自己的利器充分发挥，有谁是他的对手呢。在他保持最佳状态时，我心中想不出其他更优秀的人选。一切的问题全在於他有没有浪费天赋，头脑是否保持清醒。他那麼年轻，谁说他不会有一个辉煌的职业生涯呢。不管如何，他不会被堆没的。

* "With such charm, such a nonchalant smile, this guy is twice as dangerous... shortly he will eclipse Agassi if he continues this way... Never before has a Russian tennis player been so interesting as a personality."
"I’m hoping he will (fulfill his talent). It’d be big for the men’s game if he did. He’s a very smart guy.. he speaks a lot of languages. He’s obviously a great-looking young guy... If people could just make him understand... how big it would be for him to step up and play with the type of fire that a Hewitt plays with. It would be incredible for tennis. If he could embrace that even for a few years..."
"Safin happens to be a very very intelligent young man. He speaks a number of languages... very quick on his feet. He's got it all. He's got the talent, he's got the looks, he's a very intelligent young guy. And he's got a sense of humour."
John McEnroe:

一代球王麦克安诺说:
拥有这般的魅力，这般无邪的笑容，这小子的危险可是平常人的两倍....如果他继续保持下去势必凌驾阿加西....俄罗斯从来没有网球选手有如此迷人的个人特质。
我希望他能完全发挥天赋，如果他做到了，在网坛将掀起风暴。他好聪明，擅长多国语言，而且他外貌出众。假如有人能说服他，让他学学休依特那样努力，男子网球将会有多大改变阿。他必能风光好一阵子........
萨芬是个十分聪明的年轻人，他会讲很多国话，跑得又快。他什麼都具备了，天赋，美貌，脑子。而且，他又很幽默。
(JUSTSAFIN: McEnroe每次都用尽最美的形容词来形容MARAT，访问MARAT时也充满惜才的眼神.........)
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* " In June 1998, shortly after his first sensational debut at the French Open, I remember how hard it was for him to cope with the sudden avalanche of fame... Fame and attention weighed on him. Two years have passed. Safin already knows what he is worth. But he is still sincere-both on court and off. And this sincerity wins me over."
Yevgeny Fedyakov
(one of Russia's leading tennis observers from Sport-Express)

Fedyakov (俄国著名的网球评论员):
1998年六月，当他在法网第一次登场，一战成名惊艶全球，我记得他那时对突如其来的成名无法招架。名声和各界的注意力压得他无法喘息。两年过去了，萨芬已经清楚自己的价值，但他并没有失去自我，在场上场外，他还是依然诚恳如昔，而也就是这分不变的诚恳之心深获我心。
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"Hewitt, he is not the most brilliant, but he plays right. But according to me, the best player of the world is Marat Safin. He is able to push tennis to another dimension (another level). It is not normal that he loses against me..."
Fabrice Santoro

桑托罗 (法国名将，MARAT的克星，MARAT曾说如果赛前告诉他对手是SANTORO，他不如死了算了)

休依特并不是最灿烂的一颗星，但他打得很扎实。在我看来，世界上最棒的球员是萨芬。他有能力将网球带到另一个层次。他打输我..这事实在不太正常.....

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* "I want to see Safin become the real deal. He is a great story. He comes out of a country where people have struggled for so long, is sponsored to go to Spain to learn the game, the language and the culture, he develops a sense of humour in three languages. He shows a lot of emotion on the court, a fantastic smile, he's a big, good-looking guy who plays in his first Grand Slam final and hardly misses a passing shot. Tennis has someone special and I hope it doesn't waste him."
John McEnroe

一代球王McEnroe说:
我真想看到萨芬蜕变成巨星。他本身就是一个精彩的故事，他从一个贫穷挣扎的国家得到赞助远赴西班牙受训，学习网球、语言和文化，并能流利地用三种 语言妙语生花，幽默无比。他在球场上情感丰富，笑容灿烂，他高大，第一次在大满贯决赛打球几乎没有失误。网坛有了一位不可多得的人才，我衷心希望他不会被 埋没。(McEnroe 真的很喜欢他滴)

* "He's an engaging personality, he's the type of male player this tour should promote and market better. And as you saw against Todd Martin, when things get tight, he's got more variety to his game than you may think. And we all know about the power, but this guy is one of the best and quickest athletes in the men's tennis tour. 6' 4, he covers a lot of ground and here, as he's learnt specifically and particularly in the last 6 months or so in his tennis career, is that he doesn't have to put holes in the court, put holes in his opponent; that he can mix it up, take something off it, god forbid, mix up the angles, play longer points. He's, as Mary (Carillo) said, advancing literally, by the week. I mean, I firmly believe the man you saw yesterday, Hewitt, or Safin, is going to be the number one player in the world in the next year."
John McEnroe

John McEnroe 说:
他有吸引人的个人魅力，他是男子巡回赛球员中能提高票房的一颗巨星。他跟TODD MARTIN比赛，当比赛吃紧时，他变幻无穷超乎你的想像。他 的力量我们早已熟悉，但是这小伙子可是六呎四球手中最棒也最快的一个，在场上他没有死角，在过去的半年中，他学习到如何将各种技巧混搭，天啊，打不同的角 度，把比赛延长。他，如同MARY CARILLO (美国知名网球比赛主播)所说，每个礼拜都以惊人的速度在进步。我相信，昨日你看到的休依特或萨芬， 明天会是网坛的新球王。
(JS:马克安诺真是太爱他了，只能这麼说)
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* When I started working with him in 2000, I first repaired his head [smiles]. I told him "Stop breaking rackets, play like a man. Don't cry!. About the beautiful girls that we sometimes see around him, it's part of his character, I think. Marat likes to have 2, 3 or 4 nice girls near him watching him play! [laughs] Maybe he needs it to be good, anyway..."
Andrei Chesnokov

Chesnokov 说:
2000年我开始跟他合作， 第一样工作便是--修理一下他的脑子(笑)。我告诉他不要再摔拍了，要打得像个成熟的男人，不要哭。至於有关那些我 们常看到老是围绕在他身边的美女们 ，我觉得那是他个人的魅力无可厚非啦。MARAT喜欢有几个可爱的女孩子看他打球(笑)!!可能没这样表现一下他就打 不好吧.........
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Of course, he's ambitious and he wants to play tennis but he doesn't want anything that resembles a career plan. He doesn't even want to plan his day! The problem is that Marat doesn't want to be a superstar. He always says to me 'Gerard, I don't want to be Agassi or Kournikova.' But he doesn't have a choice. Today he handles the situation better because he has accepted it. There's a sort of a conflict in himself. On the onehand, he knows that to become number one, he must be concentrated on his job and more vigilant in his personal life, but on the other hand, he wants to enjoy his life, like all guys who are twenty years old do. This conflict is difficult. 2001 was a year of adaptation. People found him a little bit arrogant, inaccessible, hard, less smiling. It's easier for him now. The fact that there's a lot of money in the game, and that he feels being observed constantly for every little fact and gesture, overwhelms him. In private, he has kept his enjoyable personality. In public, he hides it. I think that he's got a lots of qualities that he hesitates to develop, like his charming side, his sense of communication. He could be more open. He has so much talent in his face, his smile and his eyes. One day his spirit is perfectly aligned with the moon, Mars and Jupiter. Next day, something happens, it changes his universe and he doesn't know in which direction to go. He's lost. Marat still knows that he has two sides: the champion and the guy who likes to party with his friends. But he will soon see that there are other sides. And he will discovers them in time..."
Gerard Tsobanian
Marat's manager.
MARAT的经纪人(也是伊万的经纪人):
无庸置疑的，MARAT对网球有抱负有野心，但他排斥所谓的职业生涯规画，他连一天要做什麼都不愿预设立场!!问题在於MARAT对於成为巨星毫 无兴趣，他总是对我说 GERARD，我不想做阿加西或库娃。但他实在没有选择，现在他对这些已经比较释怀并接受了。在他内心一直都充满著挣扎矛盾。一方 面，他清楚要成为世界第一 ，他要专注於工作，私生活要严谨；另一方面，他又想好好享乐，如一般二十来岁的年轻伙子。这样的矛盾给他难题，2001年是适 应一切的时期。人们说他傲慢 ，不可亲近，难搞，不苟言笑...现在他好多了。这职业能让他赚不少钱，但他觉得一举一动都摊在阳光下的日子令他窒息。私底 下，他还是很快乐逗趣的。我觉得他有很多特别的人格特质，但始终犹豫公诸给世人，譬如他迷倒众生的个性、他慧黠的沟通能力，他可以再放开一点。他的脸表情 如此丰富，他的笑容，他的眼睛。有时候 ，他的世界绕著月亮、火星、水星正常运转，而隔天，因为某些事，他的世界都改变了无所适从。MARAT很清楚他有 两面，一个冠军者，也是一个喜欢跟朋友 PARTY的凡人。但很快地，他会知道他还有更多面值得探索，而且他一定会发挥出来的....
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* "He's an interesting and engaging character because he's at the same time heads or tails. He can give everything when he likes somebody, be very generous and do everything for that person. But at the same time, he's 21, he has lots of money and enjoys partying. So, he's not always serious. It's normal, he wants to enjoy his life. He asked himself a lot of questions and this is why his off-peak periods can last a long time. But he needs those ups and downs. He makes them work for him, more that a linear journey would do. Everybody has different objectives. For him, it's to enjoy his life because he knows that he only has one. I don't know if it's because of his incredible physique, but his personality is one of extremes .Whatever is his activity, I've the impression that he can't things by half. When he does party, he completely does it. When he practices, he can work really too hard. At the dinner table, he can eat very very much. He's never between the two extremes. For me, Marat is the James Dean of tennis. He loves life and can't refrain from profiting from it, even if it means that he burns his wings. He's got a beautiful face, he likes parties and women. But at the same time, he's not a gambler. The thing that he prefers is to be at the table with his friends, to be with people he appreciates. He's really nice and generous. Fifteen days ago, when I went to Geneva to practice with Nico (Escudé), it's Marat who came to the airport. That evening, we went to a restaurant. Of course, he paid for everybody. "
Arnaud Casagrande

CASAGRADE 说:
他很有趣，个性迷人，变来变去。当他喜欢一个人时，他愿意给那人一切，做任何事。他目前21岁，有了财富，又喜欢PARTY。所以，他不是一直都 保持认真态度的，那很正常，毕竟他想好好享受人生。他总是自我质疑，也因此他低落的时期往往很久，但那些起伏对他是是正面的。他从起伏中学习，比一个平顺 的生涯要学到更多。每个人人生的目标是不同的。对他来说，首要是要活在当下，及时行乐，不虚此生。我不知道那跟他优异的体格条件是否有关，只知他的个性是 如此极端与众不同。只要是他从事的活动，印象中他总是全心投入。他PARTY时，他玩到疯狂，而他在训练时也一点都不马虎。吃饭时，他能吃很多很多。他从 不是平庸的，永远是极端的。他简直就是网坛的詹姆斯、狄恩 (影坛永远的叛逆巨星)。他热爱生命，拒绝虚掷，即便燃烧他那高飞的双翅也在所不惜。他长得俊 美，喜欢宴会和女人。但他绝不是一个投机的赌徒，他最喜欢做的事是跟朋友同坐谈心，跟知心的人在一起。他人很NICE又十分慷慨。半个月前，当我前往瑞士 训练时，正是MARAT来送机的。当然，不用多想了，他付了所有的帐单 。
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* "He was most excited when he walked around Times Square and bought a laptop computer on Fifth Avenue."
Rafael Mensua
ex-coach about the Marat's first visit in NY.
MARAT 在西班牙的教练谈到MARAT第一次到纽约::
当他到纽约时代广场时，他兴奋不已，马上就买了一台手提电脑。