Andy Murray
19 quotes
Biography
"For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player."
"I'll be supporting anyone but England."
"I'm getting closer..."
"I don't play in any tournaments to come second best."
"I don't want a flashy car, just something that would allow me to stop using the Tube. And it would be good not to have to rely on my mum all the time, particularly when I have to listen to her singing in her car."
"I'm definitely open to change, but at the same time I am quite stubborn."
"In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach."
"My fitness trainer's English, my physio's English, some of my friends are English. I don't have a problem with English people at all."
"There is a fear of emotion in tennis."
"In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach."
"I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read."
"Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for."
"A lot of athletes use sports psychologists."
"I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation."
"Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better."
"Everyone has to try to give back as much as possible because I think in all sports it helps kids to have role models or people to look up to. Someone like Jess Ennis, I know a lot of young girls have started to get into athletics stuff because of her, because of her success."
"I used a lot of sports psychologists when I was younger... sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't."
"For much of the year, you're just trying to maintain your fitness. It's not often you get a lot of time to really concentrate on improving it."
"Staying more controlled mentally stemmed from taking my fitness more seriously. When you're doing track work, sprints and so on, it's pretty painful, but that does make you feel better prepared and therefore mentally stronger when you're going into a match. You know, without a doubt, that you are strong enough to last."