Quotes from Andy Murray

I do some 400 m. repetition running for endurance on the court. I'll be in the gym lifting weights, or I'll be putting in a lot of core stability to work to improve my balance.

If you want a player to serve and volley more, you need to teach them to do that more, how to move at the net.

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.

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.

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

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.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

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

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.

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

I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport.

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.

I often find that pundits are quite negative... not just in tennis, but in sport in general. I just don't like that. Obviously, the job of a pundit is to create interest and a bit of controversy. I get that. Listeners like that. But I do think there's a duty there to promote the sport and talk about how good these people are at what they do.

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.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

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

You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.

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

I just enjoy watching tennis. And there's things that you can learn from the men's and the women's game.

Earlier in my career, I used to spend a lot of time practising my tennis on court. Now I've learned that it's better to do just a couple of hours on court and two gym sessions a day. That's what's made me fitter and stronger.

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.

Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier.