Top 51 Most Inspiring Andy Murray Quotes (TENNIS)

Top 12 Most Famous Andy Murray Quotes (BEST)

“People think I am unemotional because my voice is flat and a bit boring. It is unfortunate but it is just the way it is. I’ve tried to change it but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. The truth is, I have lots of emotions inside. I cried after the semi-final at Wimbledon [2012] because I was proud to reach the final and I knew how much it meant to the country. I cried after the [losing] final [to Federer], too, for different reasons. I felt I had let people down. I think people warmed to that. They could see how much it hurt.”
Andy Murray

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. — 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**.

The more matches you play, the more confidence you build. — The more matches you play, the more **confidence** you build.

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

I try to use every experience I have, positive or negative, to achieve my goals. — I try to use every experience I have, positive or negative, to achieve my **goals**.

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. — 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.

Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little creativity. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of creativity. — Where resources are plentiful (i.e. no constraints), you will find very little **creativity**. Where resources are scarce (i.e. many constraints), you will find an abundance of **creativity**.

Believing you can win is crucial, but you also have to learn how to close out matches. — **Believing** you can win is crucial, but you also have to **learn** how to close out matches.

I've realised over the years I play my best when I have time to prepare for each tournament as best as possible. — I’ve realised over the years I play my best when I have **time** to prepare for each tournament as best as possible.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it's all that matters. — The most important thing is to enjoy your **life** – to be **happy** – it’s all that matters.

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are. — Always **work hard**, be **honest**, and be proud of who you are.

Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there. — Give it everything you’ve got. Leave nothing out there.

18 Wise Andy Murray Quotes About Tennis & Winning

“I was playing in the juniors at Wimbledon I forgot to turn my mobile phone off. It was lying there in my bag and it rang in the middle of a match, and it was one of my friends from school saying, ‘Murray, you’re on the telly!’ I learnt from that. I now put my phone on silent.”
Andy Murray

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. — 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 believe you should give 100% on the court, so I chase every ball.

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

Winning Wimbledon, I can't get my head around that. I still can't believe it's happened. — **Winning** Wimbledon, I can’t get my head around that. I still can’t believe it’s happened.

“I’ve been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don’t know anymore how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn’t a clean sport.”
Andy Murray

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

Sometimes you’re looking to play perfect tennis but it’s not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it.

It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.

“A lot of the players are very complimentary about each other; they embrace at the end of matches because the level of the tennis has been so good. I think that’s something that tennis has got to be proud of.”
Andy Murray

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

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.' — I think most players would love, at one stage in their **career**, to say, ‘I’ve been No. 1 in the world.’

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.

“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

When I’m training in December, I have to eat like 6,000 calories a day to maintain my weight. It’s a bit tiring.

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

Boxing, mixed martial arts, and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

8 Andy Murray Quotes About Life & Success

“Getting married is great, and I feel really good away from the court, and my private life and stuff is good. But you still need to train and work hard. Like, I didn’t go on a honeymoon after we got married; I went to Barcelona and trained for 10 days to get ready for the clay-court season. It’s been good, but you still have to put the work in.”
Andy Murray

I'm definitely open to change, but at the same time I am quite stubborn. — I’m definitely open to **change**, but at the same time I am quite stubborn.

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits. — One of the things I would have loved to have had was a **family** that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.

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

“When a lot of things are going the wrong way for a country, for a people, when you can’t really think of anything worse than a war, you always try to take life on the brighter side and that’s how I grew up with my parents.”
Andy Murray

I tend not to argue about things that I don’t believe in. — I tend not to argue about things that I don’t **believe** in.

I've had an entrepreneurial mindset from a young age and I've been interested in companies and products that are a little bit different. — I’ve had an **entrepreneurial** mindset from a young age and I’ve been interested in companies and products that are a little bit different.

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.

6 Andy Murray Quotes on What it Means to be a Christian

“There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to His service. It is only in a church in which this spirit of revival has at least begun, that there is any hope of radical change in the relation of the majority of our Christian people to mission work.”
Andy Murray

The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us in our daily conduct. — The only **humility** that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us in our daily conduct.

“A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret of securing all that the Father meant the chastisement to bring us.”
Andy Murray

One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love. — One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot **love**.

“The enemy uses all his power to lead the Christian, and above all the minister, to neglect prayer. He knows that however admirable the sermon may be, however attractive the service, however faithful the pastoral visitation, none of these things can damage him or his kingdom if prayer is neglected.”
Andy Murray

“Through His Spirit, the Spirit of prayer, our life may be one of continual prayer. The Spirit of prayer will help you become an intercessor, asking great things of God for those around you.”
Andy Murray

7 Andy Murray Quotes that will Make You Think

“I learnt a lot from it, as I realised the guys from the press are not your friends, and you can’t joke with them about stuff like that. It’s not worth the hassle. It’s fine to make jokes about yourself, but if you make jokes about other players, or football teams, it’s big news.”
Andy Murray

Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God. — Some people **pray** just to pray and some people pray to know God.

I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read. — I never **read**. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read.

“I had to pay an incredible amount to get insured on it and, after a couple of weeks of driving it around, I realised it wasn’t quite my style. I’m not flash by any means but a bright red Ferrari is a definite head-turner and I hated that. It was also incredibly impractical, particularly when it came to finding space for a friend or for my tennis bag, so I decided to sell it after a few months.”
Andy Murray