Andy Murray Quotes

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Andy Murray

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 15, 1987

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.

Andy Murray

Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play.

Andy Murray

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.

Andy Murray

It's easy to start over-thinking things and over-analysing things.

Andy Murray

My dinner options are kept simple during Wimbledon. I have either salmon with rice, roast chicken with vegetables and potatoes, or steak with salad. My girlfriend Kim will cook, and I know each night that it will be one of those three.

Andy Murray

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.

Andy Murray

I feel like I'm more a fan of tennis rather than it being men's or women's. I enjoy watching doubles as well when it's on. I think that there are certain players that I enjoy watching on the men's and women's side. There's some players that I don't enjoy watching on both sides.

Andy Murray

You can't focus on other people's careers. Everybody is different.

Andy Murray

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

Andy Murray

I am not stroppy at all.

Andy Murray

A lot of times, the press guys ask why I take an hour and a half to come to the interview room, but if you don't do the massage and the ice baths and the stretching and the cooling down and the eating, and your opponent is doing that stuff, they already have an advantage.

Andy Murray

When you have beaten guys a few times, you don't want them to think they know how you are going to play them. You have to try and find different ways of beating them. You have to do things they don't expect sometimes, put something unpredictable into your game.

Andy Murray

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.

Andy Murray

Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour.

Andy Murray

It's not the end of the world to lose.

Andy Murray

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

Andy Murray

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.

Andy Murray

People say to me, 'You don't seem that interested in interviews.' Well, you know, I'm not, often. I'm not going to talk tactics with the press, so you are left with talking about how you are feeling; for me, it is not the most interesting thing to be doing.

Andy Murray

The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself to win.

Andy Murray

Obviously you try to keep as much of your private life as private as you can.

Andy Murray