Andy Roddick Quotes

You go out and work hard and leave everything on the field. I think if you do that, you don't have any regrets. You can go home and look at yourself in the mirror.

Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.

You don't wake up at 18 and necessarily become the person you want to be as an adult - you have to work hard to become them.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

The last thing I think I am is perfect. I'm just trying to do the best job I can. I'm trying to be the best father I can to my kids. I'm trying to do the best job I can running my business.

I'm not perfect but I always try to give of my best.

I worked really hard and changed myself and became a more mature player.

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

If you don't have that ambition you start to be sloppy and that is not what I like to be.

I really, sincerely and honestly, do the best that I can.

The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

I'm going to go out there and work hard. I'm going to get better, I'm going to learn from my mistakes and I'm going to be there when my team needs me.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn't like to miss or lose.

I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.