WATCH: The BBC reported on a rising 14-year-old Murray

Andy Murray’s ascent to world No. 1 has been a long time in the making. Back in 2001, BBC’s Reporting Scotland highlighted Murray as the potential hope of Great Britain, and a possible future Wimbledon contender for Scotland.

At the time, the 14-year-old was the European champion in his age group.

“Hopefully I’ll be playing at Wimbledon in about four years, and junior Wimbledon in about two years,” said young Andrew, as he was known back then. “That’s probably one of my main ambitions, to play there.”

He was right about making his Wimbledon debut at 18 (where he reached the third round). Who could have predicted that Murray would go on to win two Wimbledon titles, in addition to the US Open and Olympic gold?

Perhaps Leon Smith, Murray’s coach at the time and the current captain of Great Britain's Davis Cup team. He pointed out how much the teenager was prepared to sacrifice to reach the top of the sport, including giving up his social life, committing to training up to six hours a day, and traveling the world full time.

“If you want to make it, you’ve really got to give up a lot of your life,” Smith said.

Proud mother Judy Murray added that increasing support and funding for youth players made it seem like “anything is possible.” She, too, was right.