Andy Roddick Quotes About Tennis

Quotes about: Tennis

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Sorry, Player, Tennis

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

  Andy Roddick

  People, Tennis, Trying

  Interview after Australian Open, www.asapsports.com. January 18, 2003.

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

  Andy Roddick

  Play, Water, Tennis

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

  Andy Roddick

  Dog, Small Dogs, Tennis

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

  Andy Roddick

  Issues, Tennis, Doubt

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Should Have, Keys, Tennis

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

  Andy Roddick

  Tennis, Fifth

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Tennis, Want, Being Played

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Home, Player, Thinking

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Tennis, Missing, Trying

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

  Andy Roddick

  Hurt, Thinking, Tennis

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Home, Thinking, Lakes

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2005.

• 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.'

  Andy Roddick

  Jobs, Winning, Should Have

  "The Best Of The 2011 U.S. Open (Spoiler Alert: It’s All Brooklyn Decker)" by Ashley Burns, uproxx.com. September 2, 2011.

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  People, Tennis, Balls

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Giving, Tennis, Events

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

  Andy Roddick

  Loss, Winning, Thinking

• 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.

  Andy Roddick

  Thinking, Years, Tennis

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

  Andy Roddick

  Jobs, Tennis, World

  "U.S. Open: Roddick Speaks" by Reeves Wiedeman, www.newyorker.com. September 1, 2011.

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

  Andy Roddick

  Kids, Winning, Men

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

  Andy Roddick

  Sports, Tennis, Totems

  "Cool, dude". Interview with Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2004.

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

  Andy Roddick

  Team, Home, Player

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