Andy Roddick Good Quotations

I've been pretty good about keeping my nose to the grindstone. I feel like I won a lot of matches from hard work and persistence, even maybe when I had better options as far as shot-making.

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.

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.

Selfishly you want to play that match just to get some form. But the good news is I have another one tomorrow so I'm going to go over and try and get some practice at Melbourne Park.

Max played well. He always serves good and didn't miss many volleys. Sometimes you don't feel you're on the court against him. It can go by so quickly, it's hard to find a rhythm.

I felt pretty good coming off of last weekend. The transition coming off grass last week to clay was pretty evident in this match but I thought if I could get through this one I'd be all right.

I felt pretty good all the way around, except for that first game.

I felt like I had a little bit of a momentum, and then he played a pretty good game to break me. He put a lot of returns in off my first serve.

I felt good from the start. I controlled the beginning of each set and that was pretty much it.

I felt good because, you know, even the points I was losing, I felt like I was losing them on my terms. I thought I was hitting the ball big and attacking. It felt clean today.

I felt comfortable with every aspect of my game out there. I was hitting the ball pretty good and getting a lot of success with the slice.

I don't think it was a good draw for either of us, ... Fortunately I got a little lucky there. I could easily have been extended to four sets and it's anybody's game then.

I don't think it's a great draw for me, but at the same time, its probably not a good draw for him either.

He never plays himself out of a point. He's very solid, he's got good energy. I like the way he plays.

He was playing at a super high level, ... In the first set, he was going great. I don't think it's a secret he has a very good serve.

I think you have to be self-motivated enough first and foremost. You know, I'm gearing my training toward becoming better with everyone. I'm not good enough to worry about one guy. I have to worry about a whole lot of guys.

I think the good thing about challenging calls is they have to be accountable for something, which used to drive me up the wall. Before, they could make a decision and not really care about it. At least they look stupid in front of 15,000 people now if they make the wrong call. That's more fun, right?

I was down in blackjack, now I'm up 600 bucks so I'm pretty excited about that. My dealer was Alfie, and he was being good to me the other night.

I was changing my clothes. Then the referee came and started getting on me about changing my clothes, so that was fun. You know, asked him if he wanted to tie one shoe for me, and I could tie the other one, we could just save time. I guess that wasn't a good idea. But, no, I mean, I was just changing my clothes. I told the chair umpire I was going to.

I think everyone in this room would say that you're an incredibly loyal guy, a good friend and so forth ...

I wish I didn't have a birthday during this tournament. This has totally blindsided me. I just felt like I would have a pretty good run here.

I woke up this morning and felt OK. But as soon as I started moving, it really stiffened up. After a couple of games, I didn't feel so good about my chances.

I was totally blindsided, ... I don't really remember a loss where I've felt this bad afterwards. I love playing here. I probably had the best practice week I've ever had in lead-up. You kind of feel it and you hope for something good. I just felt like I was going to have a pretty good run here.

I think I would have beaten most people today but credit where it's due, he played a very good match. The shots he was able to come up with were very good. I was surprised that he was able to lean in and hit some of the backhands. ... I haven't seen that before.

That was a good tournament because I won some matches. Even when I lost, I did things really well in patches, which is progress, which is all you can ask for.

This totally blindsided me, ... I just felt like I was going to have a pretty good run here. I'm in a little bit of shock right now, to be honest. I'd give anything to go back four hours right now.

This totally blindsided me, ... I felt like I was going to have a good run here.

To me, it feels like business as usual. I think it's good that, including Dean, we're all familiar with each other and the Davis Cup situation and how the lead-up week is supposed to go. So I think that helps a little bit.

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.

Especially after (Wednesday), I did not feel comfortable about my game, but every aspect of it went fine, ... I felt everything was flowing. I was not thinking, I just played. I had a pretty good start and he felt that.

First round of the U.S. Open, the last time that happened I was 17. It's not something I expected. You know, I just felt like I was going to have a pretty good run here.

Fernando came out playing lights-out in the first couple of sets, and I just stuck around and found a way. It was that one game when I broke in the second set. I made a couple good shots and it turned into a riot.

As good as Roger is, people want to see him tested. You want there to be the Boston Celtics for the Lakers, you want there to be Red Sox for the Yankees.

That's not a surprise (that the Belgians chose clay). But it's fine. I think we had a good week of practice and we're optimistic about this weekend.

That's not a surprise (that the Belgians chose clay), ... But it's fine. I think we had a good week of practice and we're optimistic about this weekend.

It was good 'cause I wanted to return well. I feel like after the first four games of the match, I really started doing that. I put a high percentage of returns in the court and put pressure on him almost every service game. And if I can do that, it will make my serve look that much better to the other guys. I'm glad I was able to follow through on our game plan.

It was good because I wanted to return well. I feel like after the first four games of the match, I really started doing that.

It's a good thing if your game is in and out and you win one and four,

It's not surprising that teams get into it, that's part of the whole team competition. I thought I did a good job of not getting too caught up in it. Everybody kept worrying about everything except what was going on the court. I was able to take it back and focus on the task at hand.

It's good. I feel like I played well two matches in a row here against pretty good players. I haven't done that probably since last fall.

It's pretty humid. You're sweating through your shoes. That was pretty good preparation.

It was a great way to start off, ... It was a pretty good all around performance.

It's what some people consider the best single Davis Cup team ever with (Jim) Courier, Agassi; (Pete) Sampras was on the team, but he wasn't good enough to play singles. That's how good this team was. Some brother of yours was there, too.

It works. I've been feeling good rhythm on my serve. I'm getting the kind of action I want. The biggest difference is placement.

I had a really bad stretch in the second set. I was dumping balls at one point. He had momentum on his side at that point and I thought it would be a good time to try and change it at the beginning of the third set.

I didn't play that badly - plus eight in winners to errors - I looked and I won more total points. I think I would have beaten most people today, but credit where it's due - he played a very good match.

I didn't hear anything click, I didn't hear anything snap, ... I didn't hear anything like that, which is a good sign. The good thing is I don't have to play in three days, you know, I have a little bit of time. We can kind of treat it appropriately.

Hopefully it will make a big difference, ... Switching balls is a little thing, but it makes a big difference when you're playing against such good players. I didn't feel clean with anything I was doing up there in Montreal. Obviously getting here and getting used to the conditions four, five days in advance will make a huge difference.

I feel a lot better leaving this tournament than I did a couple of days before this tournament. I feel like I'm on the verge of playing really good tennis again.

I don't want to get too high-and-mighty about my serve because I still have one match to go. But I am feeling good about it this week.

You know, I warmed up, ... I didn't really move a lot. It was about a 10-minute warm-up. When I got out there and started moving, it just stiffened up on me, kind of similar to yesterday. You know, after the first couple games, I didn't feel too good about my chances.