Andy Murray Quotes (83 Quotes)

Now I feel that, when I walk on court, I'll know I couldn't really have done much more to prepare.

I thought we had a lot of great performances, but we needed them because we had a lot of weak performances tonight,

If you look at what happened in France with Richard Gasquet, ... everybody put so much pressure on him when he was a 16-year-old. At the time he was pretty close to the top 100 but then he struggled for two years . Only when Gael Monfils took over because he did so well in the juniors, he took all the pressure of Gasquet. Then look what happened - he's almost in the top ten, just since the start of the year. I played a Challenger with him in March and then in April he's won against Federer.

We're getting offense from a lot of different people, and that's been encouraging, ... We had a tough time scoring goals last year. We don't want to be passing out bouquets yet or anything like that. Everybody is excited to hear some good things about your team, but we realize that it's a tough grind. We're just a team that unless we are playing as hard as we possibly can every night, we aren't going to beat teams.

I thought both goalies were good tonight, ... Their goalie was miraculous. It was an intense hockey game.

I played very solid. I don't think he made many mistakes, but I returned really really well today. I think I got at least two points in every one of his service games. He may not have played his best match, but I played really, really well.

Vancouver's got such a great team. To fall down two goals to them (and come back), showed a lot of determination on the part of our team. I thought we had the better scoring chances.

They play structurally so well and work so hard. That was our theme all day. We had to match their work ethic. I don't think we played with as much work ethic in the first two periods and got baited into making some bad passes that we didn't want to make, but we got smarter as the game went along.

He is a good guy and he works very hard. He wants to be a tennis player and I think he has shown he has the talent.

It was pretty funny. I was just a little bit annoyed at the time because I'd gotten a bit of momentum. Then, obviously, I had to stop.

Jason doesn't have to tease us by giving up those first goals. We kind of said that on the bench that he'll recover, and he was solid the rest of the way.

What's it been, about two years since we won a hockey game

We knew it was imperative to get off to a good start and we certainly had some jump in our step,

I didn't watch it. By that point I was watching my kids play soccer. I'd rather be doing that than watching somebody else play.

It happens all the time. I'm sure it's happened to me before.

Last year was one of my most enjoyable years of coaching. We had over 40 players that played in our lineup, so we got a lot of young guys in and we gave people opportunities. Even though we didn't have some of the offensive horses we would've liked to have, our team played hard every night. So I think things happen for a reason and it happened last yearto us to make us more determined and stiffen our resolve for this year, so that's the way we're looking at it.

Mark has been a big part of my success in the last 10 months and we had a great run together, but we have had a difference of opinion regarding some aspects of my game. It was a very difficult decision and based solely on the development of my tennis.

Before Queens or Wimbledon, if somebody had said I was going to be, whatever, in the top 80 in the world in three months I would have said I'd got no chance,

I can't fault our players for their effort. Mathieu takes a shot off the shoulder tonight and it seems to be a symptom of what's going on for us right now. ... We're banged up right now, but we've still got to get points and we've still got to provide entertainment for the people in the building.

I thought I had a few chances and it gives me a lot of confidence knowing that I can compete with the best players in the world when I've still got so much to work on, ... I have got a lot of self-belief now with my tennis. It's quite intimidating playing a guy like Roger, who is one of the greatest ever, but as soon as I got going I was OK and I thought I had my chances in the second set.

Our team worked hard, we are thoroughly disappointed we didn't get the two points that was there for us. That's two games here at home that we've lost the game in the last seconds to the Sharks.

I think his versatility is great for us and allows us to do different things. So at this point in order to say that he would play center or wing, I think he's the type of player that fits into whatever your team needs.

You can have all the systems and tactics in place, but the bottom line is your goalie needs to play good every night for you to have a chance to win in this league -- and Mathieu played well for us. We feel better about our game. We've had better intensity overall.

There have been two matches that if I'd won I'd be in the top 100 already, so hopefully this time I'll crack it, ... I've also entered some Challengers, and if I do get into the top 100 I'll still play three or four of them before the end of the year.

The story of the hockey game was the second period. I thought we wore ourselves out killing penalties.

I think so much credit goes to the Blues and how they're playing right now. They're playing as hard as any team in the league.

We made some fundamental mistakes. Obviously we're disappointed to give up that many goals and get a short-handed goal scored on us at the end.

One of them may play 81, but he's not going to play 82 because we're going to split the first two. To be honest with you, we're going to play the best goalie.

Our track record hasn't been great with these types of injuries, but we're hoping he's back right away. I would say it was not a dirty hit, but it was probably uncalled for in a game like this. We know that Jeremy had (Gauthier) lined up in Phoenix and backed off on him on a similar-type situation where he could have hurt him. I wouldn't say this was even a penalty, but there are some things that don't have to happen in a game like this.

They've been good. There have been others who have been good, too. I think our final decisions here this year are going to be real tough. The thing that I've told a number of those players is, 'Whether you start the year here or not, you have to leave the camp with such a strong impression that, if something should happen, we're looking forward to getting you back up here.

The main thing I have to take away form this year is that I have played against two or three top-10 players and have gone the distance,

He's got a great attitude. He's going to fight for every point.

Tim has been one of the best or most consistent players of the last decade and to win against someone I have so much respect for is a pretty good deal for me and also something that's very special emotionally.

I haven't thought about my new coach yet and will take my time to try to find one that can help me develop the next stages of my tennis. We're not in a hurry. It has barely been a full year that I've been on the professional tour full-time and I'm continually learning things.

But I got a lot of self-belief after I won against some really good players at Queens and Wimbledon, and then I went over to the States and played some smaller tournaments and had a lot of confidence and I won a couple of them.

It was the biggest goal of the night. It came right after they had cut the lead and put them back on their heels.

Pavol was quietly efficient. He had a quiet night with some points.

It's not a good sign. He skated for more than a week, did all the tough practices over the weekend and felt unbelievable. He did everything he possibly could do, and he hurt his groin again. He didn't catch it on a rut, it just happened.

You have to love his effort, his determination. He was dogging the puck all night and battling. It wasn't the prettiest goal in the world, but it was from our eyes.

Only if they don't play good. Right now, I'm optimistic they're going to play well. If you thought too much about it, you might not get much sleep. We like (Garon) because we think he can get the job done.

He had faced 30 shots at that point, and it's like a pitcher in baseball, you have to chart his pitches.

I've never thought about doing this. I just enjoy a challenge ... This is the next challenge.

You guys are expecting me to win matches like this. The guy is ranked 20 places in front of me, is a much better player than me. It's difficult for me to go out there and try and perform to the best that I can when I'm expected to win all these matches.

We wasted a good effort against a very good team. But I'm not about to kick dirt on my players.

I played well against him last time, but since then he has been playing a lot better. I haven't looked at the draw beyond that.

It's not normal that you change your goalie with 10 minutes to go in the game, but you're trying to do whatever you can to win and you do what you think is right. I'm probably not as disappointed as Jason is, but we need good goaltending - and it's been somewhat inconsistent.

We like Dustin a lot. For the same reasons I'm sure he was appreciated in his hometown, he's appreciated here. He comes to work every day and is maturing every day as a hockey player. He plays hard. I think he's more from Southern Manitoba then from Upstate New York, but that's the kind of kid he is.

I thought we played pretty well, we did have chances in the first and we were a break up in the second, but they were very experienced and they put the balls in the right place.

I knew I wasn't a 100 per cent fit coming into the match. I had very little time to practice because of the ankle injury and then the sickness (during Davis Cup).

Anybody who wins his first ATP tournament and beats guys as good as Roddick and Hewitt is going to have much more confidence.