Andy Roddick Quotes

I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.

That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.

It doesn't matter what people say about me, I weather the storm.

You need to be brave to able to stand up to tough atmospheres and against top players.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.

I'm ready for any adversity that's going to hit.

No matter how many people want me to crawl in a hole and die forever, I'm not going to do that.

I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.

To stand on the firing parapet and expose yourself to danger; to stand and fight a thousand miles from home when you're all alone and outnumbered and probably beaten; to spit on your hands and lower the pike; to stand fast over the body of Leonidas the King; to be rear guard at Kunu-Ri; to stand and be still to the Birkenhead Drill; these are not rational acts. They are often merely necessary.

I can deal with adversity.

I've never let the criticism deter me.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you

All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.

Since I won't let the critics seal my fate, they keep hollering I'm full of hate. But they don't really hurt me none, 'cause I'm doing good and having fun.

I don't back down for anybody.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Silence your critics. Ignore your haters. Delete your cynics.

I don't expect people to feel sorry for me. My teammates get more upset about the criticism and booing than I do.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

In chaotic situations, I feel like I can take a breath and look around and assess the situation and see the big picture. Going through the traumatic time that I did in my life, that's also given me even more of a breather in life to just be like, "I know everything's going to be fine. Even if this is the worst show in the world, no matter what happens, everything's going to be fine." It's an accumulation of things.