Andy roddick quotes

I don't think anyone in their right mind takes me serious.

I'm convinced being a tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world.

If nothing else, I'm a decent quote.

When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.

He [Vince Spadea] was about as down and out as you could see from a Top 20 player. Then to claw his way back through the minor leagues and do it the hard way where he wasn't young, wasn't getting wildcards, wasn't getting any help. I guess he decided he was just going to do it.

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park

Almost everybody's here doing the same thing. Who am I to come up with an excuse when there's 64 other players here doing the same thing? 63 others, sorry.

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.

There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.

I'm gonna have to start winning some of the matches to call it a rivalry!

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!

I always said if I had to pick one Grand Slam to win, it would be the U.S. Open.

You know, you can only throw in so many haymakers before one misses and you get knocked out

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.

No, actually I wanted to play five. I definitely wanted to try to lose that fourth set and test the waters in the fifth.

I still don't believe I won the U.S. Open. It's so far-fetched for me.

I don't really rate press conferences. It's not as though I leave the room fist-pumping my way down the corridor after a good one.

At one point in your life, you'll have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't.

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.

I think if I believe in something strongly enough, I'm pretty outspoken about it.

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

For every bad moment I've had, there have been 25 positives.

I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point.

No, if I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match. If you got the guns, go for it. I got two breadsticks sticking out of my sleeve. I'll stick with sleeves.

I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout.

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.

My backhand is definitely a lot more solid and consistent. There were times when I couldn't hit it into the ocean.

Once you get to a certain level, anybody can beat anybody else on any given day.

I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

I'm just glad to see that Pete (Sampras) shut everyone up last year. That was satisfying. You can't bag on guys like Pete or Tiger (Woods) or Michael Jordan. They can play as long as they want, they can do whatever they want. Nobody should be able to tell them differently.

I've become better at the net. I've got a 135 mph serve so I'd be stupid not to follow that in. Overall I'm a better player than I was last year.

I kind of know youre only as good as your last result.

Most players who play tennis love the game. But I think you also have to respect it. You want to do everything you can in your power to do your best. And for me, I know I get insane guilt if I go home at the end of the day and don't feel I've done everything I can. If I know I could have done something better, I have this uneasy feeling.

Tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world because whatever the person does, if it works you just say that's what's good, and if it doesn't work, you guys go, 'He should have done the other things.'.It just doesn't take much thought. If I'm grinding and I'm winning, you guys are like, 'He's reinvented himself.' If I'm playing like crap and pushing, then, you know, 'He's horrible and he needs to hit the ball.'

I don't have much interest in being on a senior tour. I don't think I retired so that I could be on tour.

Umpiring, the only job in the world where you can screw up on a daily basis and still have one!

I had a very detailed retirement plan, and I feel like I've met every aspect of it: a lot of golf, a lot of carbs, a lot of fried food, and some booze, occasionally - I've been completely committed... The results have shown.

I'm still missing that little something.

I've been good about keeping my nose to the grindstone.

I think the medical term for the injury is 'the bottom of my ass hurts.'

I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.

If I can break one out of every three return games, I'm going to give myself a shot in a lot of matches.

The only pressure I feel is what I put on myself.

It's pretty high up there on the list. Being able to return a serve at that speed is one of the biggest things that separates the professionals from the recreational players.

The key to the match might have been his serving. Maybe I should have concentrated harder on watching them go by me, I don't know.

I'm an emotional player ... I like to leave it out there.

I don't think I'm one of those guys who won't pick up a racket for three years...I love hitting tennis balls.

In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches.

My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!

I've pretty much been portrayed as every style thing you can be. After Wimbledon you are Andy Everyman, who everybody is rooting for. I think the meat and potatoes of who I am hasn't been covered yet.

I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court.

The whole point of team competition is to pick your teammates up.

I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.

I try not to take myself too seriously. I like to have a good time.

Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

I don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.

I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa.

I definitely think the European weather has more of a factor than the European clay. I think the European weather changes from week to week, I mean, last year it was sunny and hot and this week it's kind of playing tricks on us a little bit. I definitely think that is a factor.

Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would that happen? That makes too much sense. Maybe I should play more Davis Cup, that's the story. Oh wait, I do.

There have been great champions in every generation.

There's no doubt there are issues with clay. Our issues have issues that are issues right now. That's not a secret.

One of the cool things I remember is the Swiss people brought their big cowbells.

When you make the schedule, you're not planning on playing deep into every single week, or at least I haven't in the past. I'm not physically or mentally ready to pick up my bags and go to Monte Carlo. I definitely have to look at what's best for my chances at (at the French Open).

One little secret of the guys who have won one slam, is that we don't want other guys to win one because its like a bit of a special fraternity.

If I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match.

Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sandwich... My mother's is the best. I've tried many times to make these sandwiches on my own, but it's never the same.

I used to, like, hit for a half hour and then go eat Cheetos the rest of the day, come out and drill forehands. Now I'm really trying to make it happen, being professional, really going for it, and I miss my Cheetos.

I want everyone to look back and think that I was awesome.

I do understand that when someone gives you a [expletive] load of money, you take that money. Someone like Larry Ellison wants to invest into his event and make it the biggest possible, and he gets stopped by the ATP. If you're a start-up, what would make you want to navigate through that and to go through that firing line? How can you step into tennis with any confidence? It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

It seems with every match I win, I get better-looking to other people.

I used to go to the US Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

I like grass, I enjoy it and it suits my game.

I'll be the first to admit it, the life I'm leading is basically a joke. I should probably be cooler about it, but I can't fake it, you know?