* ON REACHING 300
"I'm not sure you can fully grasp what it means - humbled, obviously, really proud to have made it, lucky to have made it at the one club and it's such a great club."
* HE WEIGHED JUST 67kg WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED
"I'm dreading the archive photos, there have already been a few floating around."
* WHEN HE STARTED, DID HE DREAM OF 300 GAMES?
"Kids from Warragul didn't really think like that - I was pretty happy to pick up the training shorts and singlet."
* ON NEARLY RETIRING AFTER LAST YEAR'S KNEE RECONSTRUCTION
"I was touch and go there for a little while and I wasn't sure what the right call was.
"But I've really enjoyed this year and pleased I've had the support around me."
* WAS 300 GAMES A MOTIVATION FOR RETURNING?
"It's probably a fair assumption from people, that it would be a motivator but it was a long, long way down the list."
* ON HIS THREE KIDS RUNNING OUT WITH HIM ON SATURDAY
"The footy thing is still a bit fuzzy for my lot.
"I'm trying to coax them all to run out with me and I'm having a bit of trouble negotiating with my oldest boy.
"The girls are definitely looking forward to running out on the ground."
* ON THE "BOB 300" MERCHANDISE
"The biggest input I think I had was I wanted a collar on the jumper - they were my memories of watching footy as a kid in the '90s.
"Abletts and Careys and Beveridges running around with collars on their jumpers."
* ON THE AFL
"At times, I've described AFL footy as an industry of criticism, because you're constantly being chipped and marked up against hungry teams and hungry opponents and hungry media.
"It's very accountable.
"I was a pretty cocky kid when I came in to the game and in some ways that probably helped.
"It's been chipped away a little bit but I always had the belief that I could do it."
* ON HIS PLAYING FUTURE
"Once you hit 30 and I had a bit of a dodgy knee, I try to enjoy each week and know that I'm on bonus time ... if anything, that's become even more acute this year."
* ON THE GOAL OF PLAYING IN A PREMIERSHIP TEAM
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a day dream but it's not the focus in the front of my mind - it's not the whole reason I came back to playing.
"The bigger reasons are I love playing under Luke and I love playing with this group of players.
"And I was arrogant enough to think I could still do it.
"Anything more than that - winning premierships is like lightning striking."
* COACH LUKE BEVERIDGE ON MURPHY
"There's an inner strength, there's a grit.
"Probably his secret is that he's prepared to get out of his comfort zone, all the time."
