Quotes about record champion Federer

LONDON (Reuters) - A collection of quotes about Roger Federer, who won his 15th grand slam singles title at Wimbledon on Sunday, taking him past the previous record of 14 he shared with Pete Sampras.

"The guy's a legend and now he's an icon. He's got 15 majors, that's a lot of majors, that's a lot of work. He's a credit to the game." -- Pete Sampras.

"The critics say (Rod) Laver, and (Rafael) Nadal beat him a few times in majors, but he's won all the majors, he's going to win a few more here, so in my book he is (the greatest)." -- Sampras.

"Winning the French Open in May, and in doing so collecting all four grand slam trophies, in my opinion, has made him the greatest player in history." -- Boris Becker, three-time Wimbledon champion.

"It's amazing what sort of shots he can come up with from impossible positions... It's an unbelievable effort to have 15 grand slam titles." -- Rod Laver, the only player in the modern era to have claimed all four grand slam titles in a calendar year.

"For me Roger is the greatest player ever who played the tennis game. We are going to see so much more of Federer in the future, he is going to win more grand slam tournaments." -- Bjorn Borg, 11-time grand slam winner.

"It's a combination of how many grand slams have you won, how many tournaments have you won, how many years you were number one and he's got all those combinations." -- Martina Navratilova, nine-time Wimbledon women's singles champion.

"The guy is one of the greatest male athletes of all time." -- Serena Williams, women's singles champion 2009.

"The consistency in the big tournaments is ridiculous. No one will ever match that." -- British number one Andy Murray talking about Federer's achievements.

(Compiled by Kylie MacLellan. Editing by Kevin Fylan)