Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddickis an American former professional tennis player...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth30 August 1982
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
anybody best care decision felt health keeps knows playing prospects rest
To his credit, he knows how to take care of his body. He knows better than anybody else what keeps you out there at 35 years old and still playing well, ... He made a decision that he felt was best for his health and for his prospects the rest of the summer.
good hit match running wish
To have him hit a running lob on match point, that's a good shot. It's disappointing and something you wish you could take back and try again.
You ask me a question, I'm going to give you an honest answer.
body enjoyed playing process recover sure tennis travel
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.
good grasp lose might worst
My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.
home love spend time
It's not so much that I don't like traveling, it's just that I love being home. I love being able to spend time with my friends.
dropping hope press rankings top worry
If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.
felt
I've always, for whatever my faults have been, felt like I've never done anything halfway.
kids school until
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.
announced center hands learning tennis yesterday
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.
frankly good hours retired sit
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.
The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.
count couple missing normally silly
You can normally count on him missing a couple of volleys and making some silly errors,
beat close crack playing position putting rare
We've had a lot of close matches, and I haven't come out on the better end of them, ... Which is a little rare for me. I want to get another crack at these guys. The only way I'm going to beat them is by playing them and putting myself in position enough times.