Andy Murray Quotes

Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.

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.

When you're doing any event on an elite level, you're in tune with your body.

Being paid as a professional athlete didn't change how hard I was working because I'm always going to do that, whether it's the weight room or the film room.

The only way you can get match fitness is by playing games.

Everyone works so hard on their game and on their body. Most of the time, it comes down to who is more relaxed mentally; on the court while playing and off the court.

Nobody wants to train every day so the more games the better.

Preparing for a stunt is like training for a sporting event.

If I lose early in the tournament, I can work out and try to improve. When the tournament is done, I'm just trying to get well and work on the recovery for the next day.

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.

Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.

In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

Living is like training for an athletic event. You have to have goals and challenges; you need to exercise and eat right.

Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me.

Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

I'm fast for a middleweight - I have middleweight speed.

If you want to be an athlete, there's no way around it: You have to go to the gym. You can't Google your way to it.

At some point I go back on the sand to get my sand legs. Because it takes a good month for my legs to catch up with everything, with the displacement and all that stuff. So right now we're training on the beach six days a week for practice, and that's generally about two and a half hours. And then I'm doing pilates three times a week.

I am thankful that there are different seasons in life and training. I have learned to embrace each season realizing how important it is to allow the body, mind and spirit to fully cycle through each. My current season of marathon training is my favorite. I love the simple life of training and going after a goal with everything I have.