Andy Roddick Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“At one point in your life, you'll have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't.”
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“My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!”
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“It seems with every match I win, I get better-looking to other people.”
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“One of the cool things I remember is the Swiss people brought their big cowbells.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“My backhand is definitely a lot more solid and consistent. There were times when I couldn't hit it into the ocean.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I kind of know youre only as good as your last result.”
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“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.”
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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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“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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“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.”
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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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“If I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match.”
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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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“Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!”
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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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“There's no doubt there are issues with clay. Our issues have issues that are issues right now. That's not a secret.”
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“You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.”
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“There have been great champions in every generation.”
-- Andy Roddick
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