羅迪克20大語錄 - 網球 Tennis

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1. Upon purchasing a new apartment in Manhattan with Brooklyn Decker, Roddick
confided, “One day I’m representing my country in Davis Cup in front of
thousands, and literally the next day I’m vacuuming, moving furniture,
scrubbing toilets and walking things up and down flights of stairs all day.
It was the first and last time I had done it without help from a moving
company.”


2. Asked where he bought the engagement ring for his swimsuit model/actress
wife, Roddick quipped, "[I] got it in a gumball machine. You know those
machines with the big claws? A claw grabbed it."


3. After one particularly stinging loss at the Australian Open, Roddick
noted, “It was miserable. It sucked. It was terrible. Besides that, it was
fine.”


4. “It’s been a lot of blood, sweat and Waffle House.” — Andy Roddick on
his experience at the 2011 Cincinnati Masters, where he fell in the first
round.


5. Andy once claimed he was "the biggest dork that ever lived."


6. After observing that Roger Federer “has flash, feel, artistry,” Andy
said,“The advantage I have is just hitting the crap out of the ball.”


7. Of his 2005 US Open loss to Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller, Roddick confided,
“I don’t remember a loss where I felt worse. I’m in a little bit of shock.
I’d give anything to go back four hours.”


8. Noting how many times Novak Djokovic bounces the ball before he serves,
Roddick said he “could make eight phone calls and order a pizza before he’s
ready.”


9. The thing about being an athlete, every day you come to the office, you
have to beat someone. It’s not like being an actor, where you have one movie
and you’re celebrated forever and you don’t need to do anything, and
that’s what you’re remembered for. If you lose a couple matches in a row,
that’s going to affect you. I don’t care if you’re Albert Einstein at the
Intelligence Olympics. It’s going to affect you.”


10. When you’ve seen the Rolling Stones from the front row, and then all of a
sudden, you’re like, seven or eight rows back and there’s a really tall guy
in front of you waving his hands and screaming, you can’t see as much. It’s
not going to be as good as the other show.” — Roddick on his quest for that
elusive second Slam title.


11. “I’m the most successful bad player ever. 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 around and tell me I’m
underachieving. Well, all I’d say is you can’t have it both ways. For a guy
who can’t hit a shot, I’ve done OK.”


12. “My mom used to take me here every year for my birthday. I'd get here for
the first match, and I wouldn’t leave until it was over. Those are probably
my fondest memories, just sneaking into the nosebleed sections. I actually
snuck into the players’ lounge one time and stole a cheesecake.” — Roddick
on the US Open


13. When you put your blood, sweat and tears, everything you have, into
something and you can almost taste it, you envision something and it doesn't
work out, it’s not easy. But that’s what makes you addicted to the
competition, the feeling when you do win. That’s what gets you back on the
horse.”


14. “I don’t know where it comes from, but I’ve always been annoyingly
competitive. I’ve been the guy you can’t play golf with because he really
gets that pissed off and ruins everyone’s day. Fortunately, most times that’
s a good thing for me on the tennis court. I can take all the criticism and
everything else, but when everything’s said and done, I don’t want anybody
saying I didn’t give it the effort or didn’t work hard enough. That’s
something I’m pretty sure nobody can say.”


15. “I’m very lucky. If I start feeling sorry for myself, I need a serious
sense of perspective.”


16. "By no means am I going to complain about anything that I’ve been blessed
with, but it’s almost, at this point, either you win a Slam or what, you’re
disappointing? You kind of have to deal with that every day.”


17. "From the beginning of my career, [I’ve] been up against it. I’m
following the greatest generation ever from one place. That was never going to
be an easy path.”


18. “I think I’ve been portrayed as every single type of person – good, bad,
ugly, rude, nice. This is kind of the first time that it’s been presented in
a light that I’m a kind of hard-working, everyday Joe-type tennis player
trying to make good.” — Roddick on the reaction of fans and the media
following his 16-14-in-the-fifth loss to Roger Federer in the 2009 Wimbledon
final


19. “I’ve never been bitter about anything. I’ve been disappointed, I’ve
been sad. My worst day is a lot of people’s dream. I’ve always kind of had
a sense of perspective about that.”


20. “I’ve been a brat long before working with Jimmy Connors, so don’t
blame that on him.”


21. Reflecting on Roddick, Pete Sampras said, “You almost need to be like a
running back/wide receiver, and Andy’s like a tight end.”


22. During a tough Davis Cup match in a Madrid bullring, Roddick called out to
clay king Rafael Nadal, “Can you teach me how to slide?”


23. Roddick bristled at ESPN analysts during the US Open in 2011, telling
Chris Fowler, “Tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world because
whatever the person does, if it works, you just say that’s what’s good, and
if it doesn’t work, you guys go, ‘He should have done the other things.’
So, you know, I’m pretty convinced that I could be a tennis analyst when I’m
done. It just doesn’t take much thought. If I’m grinding and I’m winning,
you guys are like, ‘He’s reinvented himself.’ If I’m playing like crap and
pushing, then, you know, ‘He’s horrible and he needs to hit the ball.’
Everyone’s an expert, but I’m better than most of them, I believe.”
這段很妙，翻一下--
Roddick在2011年美網對ESPN網球球評開罵: "網球球評是全世界最簡單的工作。不論
球員怎麼打，如果有用，你就說那種打法有效，如果沒用，你就說他應該改變策略。
所以我相信，我退休後也能當球評，因為根本不用花腦袋。如果我在苦戰後慢慢取得
上風，你們會說 '他整個脫胎換骨！' 如果我打得很爛，一直推擋回球，你們會說
' 真糟糕，他應該用力回球啊！' 誰都能當專家，但我相信我比大部分專家強多了。"



24. “I think there were only two teenagers to play tennis in Nebraska in the
last 30 years, and we’re both at the US Open. Maybe we’re missing
something. Maybe we need the corn-fed boys.” — Roddick on himself and
rising star Jack Sock


25. Asked if he ever thinks about all the Grand Slam titles Roger Federer has
cost him, Roddick said, “You’ve got to play the hand you’re dealt. I don’t
really obsess about it, but you start thinking, ‘OK, you’ve lost to him
six times in the semis or further at majors —[including a] couple of
Wimbledon finals where you’re playing well, a Wimbledon semi where you’re
playing well.’ No, I’ve never thought about it.”


26. Of his particularly painful five-set quarterfinal loss to Frenchman
Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon in 2007, Roddick told reporters, “It’s another
lost opportunity at Wimbledon. I’d love to make you understand what it feels
like in the pit of my stomach right now.”


27. One thing retirement will offer Roddick is more time on the golf course,
and from the sound of it, he could use it. He once confided, “Every time I
play, I’ve got to buy a new set of clubs. It’s not relaxing. I go mental...
I haven’t reached the point in my life where I have the patience it takes to
play golf. And I don’t have the pants.”


28. On whether he still gets butterflies before Davis Cup matches: “If I
puked every time I was nervous, we’d have a lot of dirty courts.”


29. Asked about his family’s tennis gene pool (his brother, John, starred
at the University of Georgia), Roddick said, “What gene pool? My father was
a farmer, and my mother was a bowler who bowled about 93.”


30. After helping the U.S. to its first Davis Cup title in a dozen years,
Roddick confessed, “I don’t care if I win another match this year as long
as we can hold the trophy aloft.”


31. “When I was coming up, it was Andre and Pete. Then it was [just] Andre.
Now it’s us [Roddick, Isner, Fish, Querrey, etc.], and we have to step it up.
That cushion isn’t there. My training wheels are gone.”


32. On playing his idols, like Andre Agassi: “You want to play against your
idols, but you don’t want to be the guy who shot Bambi.”


33. “I’m just glad Americans get to play well in three of the four Grand
Slams.” — Roddick, noting U.S. tennis’ recent futility at Roland Garros


34. Part of the reason Roddick has decided to retire at the age of 30 is his
worn-out serving shoulder, which he affectionately likens to “Hamburger
Helper.”


35. Asked what he’ll miss most about the game, Andy told the assembled media
, “All of you.”


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