Roddick Tennis Quotes & Sayings

I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the travel at the end, and my body didn't recover from the day-to-day grind. — Andy Roddick

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

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

Tennis is a full-time job and not just the two hours that people see when we're on the court. — Andy Roddick

He [Andy Roddick] doesn't make mistakes, only when he has to. — Andrew Castle

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

Well, immediately we announced yesterday or the day before we're building, with my foundation, a youth tennis and learning center in Austin. I'd like to be hands on with that and not see it periodically. — Andy Roddick

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back. — Andy Roddick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If I'm being honest, I think I'd be good at television; I just don't know if I am interested, because you are kind of geographically responsible to a location, and frankly I don't know if I retired from tennis so that I could sit around tennis tournaments 12 hours a day. — Andy Roddick

You know, I still love the innocent parts of the game. I love hitting tennis balls. I love seeing the young guys do well. I'll still have a lot of friends to watch. I'll miss the relationships probably the most. As time passes, I'll probably miss the tennis more. — Andy Roddick

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

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

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

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

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

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