Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Andy Roddick - Page 2

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I'm still missing that little something.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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