Quotes By Andy Roddick

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

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

There have been great champions in every generation.

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.

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.

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

My entire career, I've been a worker.

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

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.

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

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

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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