"I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation."
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"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
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"My fitness trainer's English, my physio's English, some of my friends are English. I don't have a problem with English people at all."
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