#tennis

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. ↗

— John McEnroe

#desire #i #important #matches #most

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12. ↗

— Andy Murray

#coach #coached #i #me #mum

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. ↗

— Andy Murray

#because #been #complimentary #each #embrace

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for. ↗

— Andy Murray

#boxing #hardest #martial #martial arts #mixed

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that. ↗

— Andy Murray

#down #essence #everything #i #like

I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport. ↗

— Andy Murray

#asked #been #clean #doping #eyes

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. ↗

— Andy Murray

#fear #how #itself #just #knowing

Sometimes you're looking to play perfect tennis but it's not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it. ↗

— Andy Murray

#going #happen #looking #perfect #play

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person. ↗

— Andy Murray

#i #i am #individual #individual sport #person

There is a fear of emotion in tennis. ↗