Ten quotes from Murray's career as sporting icon nears retirement
"I can cry like Roger, it's just a shame I can't play like him."
- After losing the 2010 Australian Open final to Roger Federer who himself had wept on the same Rod Laver Arena Court 12 months earlier after losing the final to Rafael Nadal.
"Anyone but England."
- Proud Scotsman Murray when asked who he'd be supporting at the 2006 World Cup. Murray always insisted his comment was a joke.
"I learnt a lot from it, as I realised the guys from the press are not your friends, and you can't joke with them about stuff like that. It's not worth the hassle."
- On lessons learned from his England football comment.
"When I was serving for the match, there was a sense of how big a moment that is in British tennis history. It's great to have finally done it."
- After beating Novak Djokovic to win the 2012 US Open, becoming the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since Fred Perry in 1936.
"I understand how much everyone wanted to see a British winner at Wimbledon and I hope everyone enjoyed it. That last game, my head was kind of everywhere. That last game will be the toughest game I'll play in my career, ever."
- On ending Britain's 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men's champion in 2013.
"I feel that she was harshly judged by a lot of people, purely because she was a woman."
- On his decision, widely derided at the time, to hire former women's world number one Amelie Mauresmo as his coach.
"Oh my God, you'll be absolutely terrible."
- His response to his mother Judy when she told him she would be taking part in a TV ballroom dancing show.
"Contrary to my image, I do have a sense of humour."
-- Murray countering perceptions that he is dour and dull.
"To be honest, I think bananas are a pathetic fruit."
- His thoughts on a tennis player's standard food between games.
"I don't want a flashy car, just something that would allow me to stop using the Tube. And it would be good not to have to rely on my mum all the time, particularly when I have to listen to her singing in her car."
- On learning to drive and buying his first car.
