Andy Murray Quotes

You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out.

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time.

We need to educate our elite coaches more and have a better approach to teaching the athletes about how to be healthy rather than berate them, humiliate them, use tactics that could scar them for life.

Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.

Look, I'm not trying to be critical when I'm on the air.

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us.

True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or shove, you do not berate, if you are a true coach. If you humiliate or curse them, that won't do it. Coaches like that are not coaches.

I wish we might have less condemnation of error and more commendation of right.

I think competitiveness is taken in a different way by different people. I'm not a yeller and a screamer, a jumper and a pusher.

You will not get me in one second of an interview criticising another actress for a phenomenal performance.

The ESPYS are about appreciating moments in sports and not looking down on it because it's maybe not your favorite athlete or your favorite team.

There are some great video clips of me swearing, screaming at players, but I was also the biggest cheerleader in the league.

I like the idea of teaching kids how to lose. That's a really important lesson in life. I don't like the idea of doing leadline where everyone gets a blue ribbon. I think it's unrealistic for kids and teaches the wrong lesson.

If you approach a player with respect, he will give you that respect back, but sometimes fans are just critical.

I'm not a trash-talker.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

In every dressing room in the world, players say things to each other after a defeat, and then it gets forgotten.

I was 'Little Ty,' 'Little Tyrone.' I always got this negative feedback from the game of basketball.

I search my name on Twitter because I don't want to miss the compliments, and I favorite the nice things people say about me so they know I saw it. People are more positive than they are negative, and I try not to harp on the negative.

A coach should not stir up headlines after a match.