Andy Roddick's Quotes

I think if I believe in something strongly enough, I'm pretty outspoken about it.

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

There have been great champions in every generation.

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

At one point in your life, you'll have the thing you want or the reasons why you don't.

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.

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

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

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

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

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.

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

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

My entire career, I've been a worker.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

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

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

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.

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.