Andy Roddick Quotes

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

After they lose, I think all tennis players go back to a specific part of the match where they wish they had done something different.

Of course you think about the goalkeeper you are facing before a game. You have to prepare yourself for the game and think about the weakness of the players you are up against.

Fortunately, the way I play tennis, I don't have to spend too much time analyzing or worrying about my opponents. I typically try to focus on my own game, and I know if I do that and execute, I can beat anyone.

I'm trying not to focus on the height of my opponent, just to play my tennis and to open the angles because it's the most important.

That was...that was choking. You're right. But of course when you play against (Roger) Federer, he's No. 1 in the world, he won three grand slams last year, and he's just full of confidence. It's difficult to do anything regular to beat him. You have to do something extra to be able to have the chance to beat him. Set points, I had six of them and I couldn't take one. But I was close.

My goal is to keep him away from that and play the match on my terms so that I can be aggressive and not hesitate.

I knew I could play well on the grass, but I really played so well today. I knew exactly what I had to play to beat her. I just did everything I could in the moment. I was very focused for every point. I knew that I had to go forward for every shot I was playing to push her back, and yeah, I did it.

Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.

Tennis is more than just shots. It's about being clutch and beating the people on the other side of the net.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

If teams play Bayern, they bring another attitude to the pitch than if they play teams who are not Bayern.

I like to play aggressive.

Normally when we play against Brazil, we will just try to stop them from winning.

This is how you play tennis without the net

To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose.

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!

It's about us getting ready to play. It's not about the other team. We'll beat ourselves before they beat us. That's always our approach.

Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

Playing the game was the easy part. The real work was in the preparation.

Whenever I get a chance, I'm trying to take the extra base and make them make a play on me. I'm not going to stop looking for the extra base unless the scoreboard tells me.

Play every shot so that the next one will be the easiest that you can give yourself.

I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

You play with everything you've got. I'm not a lover of cheap tricks. I've always loved playing with people, but there's no rule about it. You try everything you can.

Every day I wrote in my journal: "How am I going to win today?" So that when the guys are talking about water-boarding I'm telling them they haven't even got the right towels.