Andy Roddick Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

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

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

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