Born in Glasgow in 1987, Andy Murray first played tennis at the age of three, entering his first tournament at the age of just five.
Growing up in Dunblane with his elder brother (and tennis doubles specialist) Jamie and mum Judy, he excelled in sport generally and was asked to train with Rangers Football Club at their School of Excellence.
He ended up choosing to focus on tennis instead and moved to Barcelona to study at the Schiller International School and trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy.
Murray’s career has seen him win three Grand Slam titles, from 11 final appearances – earning him a place in the iconic ‘big four’ of men’s world tennis alongside Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Ranked world number 1 for 41 weeks, the Scot has won 46 titles including two Olympic gold medals on his way to amassing an amazing $63,177,926 in prize money.
He also led Great Britain to a memorable Davis Cup team title in 2015 alongside brother Jamie, and became only the second top-10 player in the history of the ATP Tour to have a female coach when he hired Amélie Mauresmo.
It will be at the Olympics that he will make his professional swansong, posting recently onto social media that he has arrived in Paris for his “last ever tennis tournament”.
Here are 17 memorable things he’s said along the way.
13. Andy Murray on...Wimbledon
"Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play." Photo: Stuart Franklin
14. Andy Murray on...pressure
"The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself to win." Photo: Julian Finney
15. Andy Murray on...beating his rivals
"When you have beaten guys a few times, you don't want them to think they know how you are going to play them. You have to try and find different ways of beating them. You have to do things they don't expect sometimes, put something unpredictable into your game." Photo: Julian Finney
16. Andy Murray on...friendly rivalry
"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." Photo: Juan Manuel Serrano Arce