Andy Roddick Quotes
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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.
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In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
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I'm gonna have to start winning some of the matches to call it a rivalry!
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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.
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Once you get to a certain level, anybody can beat anybody else on any given day.
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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.
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Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!
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I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.
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Umpiring, the only job in the world where you can screw up on a daily basis and still have one!
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Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.
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I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I try not to take myself too seriously. I like to have a good time.
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I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
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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.
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Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.
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For every bad moment I've had, there have been 25 positives.
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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.
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No, actually I wanted to play five. I definitely wanted to try to lose that fourth set and test the waters in the fifth.
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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.'
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One of the cool things I remember is the Swiss people brought their big cowbells.