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"With reporters and photographers everywhere, I wanted to be the last to interview Marat Safin after his 2000 win over Pete Sampras. And it took a while; he was in interviews longer than it took to beat Pete. I followed him the entire night. As I finally asked questions, a massage therapist went to work on his cramping legs. And just before 11 p.m., as Marat is telling me about the money he donated to the families of the fallen Russian submarine, he received a congratulatory phone call from President Clinton. I heard the whole thing."