Andy Roddick

Athlete

1982-08-30

Quotes by 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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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• Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.

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• Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8 years old? I think you quit school before you were 10. Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

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• Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

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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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• 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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