Andy Murray Quotes

You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.

You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.

I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different.

Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable.

Always zig when people expect you to zag. Confound them!

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

You want to keep the defense guessing.

Predictability is the cousin of death: I don't necessarily want people to see me coming. You know?

There's different ways to win in this league. It's not always going to be pretty.

These guys are playing checkers. I'm out here playing chess. When they figure it out, it's too late.

I get the headlines for being slick and different things like that - which is part of my game - but it's just amazing to me that a lot of times, the people don't see the other things that go on in that ring. But a lot of times, when my opponents figure it out, the fight is over. It's too late.

Your rivals study the way you play and find a tactic to counteract your strengths.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

It's good to have different ways to break opponents down, and speed is a big part of my game.

Each game, each series, there's so many different things that are going on and you have to find different ways to impact winning.

If players cannot see what's going on in a game and adapt then they are no good and they will not win anything.

That's one of the things I always tried to do as champ. If you saw me at house shows, I was going to make you think I was going down. If I was wrestling Kane, I could lose. I'm wrestling Batista, I could lose. I'm wrestling Big Show, Undertaker, you name it, I could lose.

I like to keep teams off balance.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting them know beforehand what you are going to do.

By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes, he prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose. At the critical moment, the leader of an army acts like one who has climbed up a height and then kicks away the ladder behind him.

If the enemy thinks of the mountains, attack like the sea; and if he thinks of the sea, attack like the mountains.

If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.