ANDY RODDICK

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. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I'm not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success.

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

I've always, for whatever my faults have been, felt like I've never done anything halfway.

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.

I don't think about tennis 24/7. I enjoy time on the lake at my Florida home and just being lazy on the sofa.

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.

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.

There have been great champions in every generation.

I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.

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

If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.

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 don't know that I'll ever be the guy who needs to go to a tournament to be seen and to spectate. I feel like I can accomplish spectating from home.

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.

One little secret of the guys who have won one slam, is that we don't want other guys to win one because its like a bit of a special fraternity.

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

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.

Stay in college, kids. Otherwise, you may become an umpire.

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

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

My entire career, I've been a worker.

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

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.

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

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.