Andy Murray
Andy Murray
Andrew Barron "Andy" Murray, OBEis a Scottish professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 2 in singles. Murray represents Great Britain in his sporting activities and is a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner, Olympic champion and Davis Cup champion. His elder brother is former world No. 1 doubles player Jamie Murray...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth15 May 1987
CityGlasgow, Scotland
moving views years
I was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After living there for a few years I decided to move out of London, so I decided to rent it out for a few years. Then, as the property market continued to rise, I made the decision to sell.
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It's not the end of the world to lose.
lying school phones
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. After that I always put my phone on silent.
believe winning wimbledon
Winning Wimbledon, I can't get my head around that. I still can't believe it's happened.
games tennis elements
I wouldn't say I'm a spender in the sense that I'm going out on huge spending sprees. However, to be able to function at the top of your game on the professional tennis circuit often requires an element of frequent spending.
believe player beats
You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.
creativity littles abundance
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.
motivation winning thinking
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.
events ready stills
I am still been pumped to train and get myself ready for the biggest events.
giving
Give it everything you've got. Leave nothing out there.
knowing tennis opponents
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.
play second-best tournaments
I don't play any tournaments to come second best.
embrace good level matches players
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.
The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself to win.