Andy Roddick Quotes

You grow and you change, or at least you think you do, but you're kind of the same.

I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

I certainly have the feeling that I'm the same person even though I've changed a great deal.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

You get to be a certain age - I am 58 - and it becomes tricky not to become a caricature of yourself.

I haven't changed, but people's perception changed.

I hit my thirties and felt I had to start being profound.

Growing as a man, I had to go through some stuff first. I had to figure this thing out, find out who I was as a player.

I have a lot of responsibilities, but I don't think I've grown up.

I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

I think I used to be lower maintenance. I think I'm slowly becoming higher maintenance.

I definitely wanted to be famous as a kid, but as I've gotten older, I feel less comfortable with it.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I feel people think I'm almost like a robot - like an android... I just don't really get portrayed as someone who has feelings or who is sympathetic... like a self-absorbed ice queen.

I have seen ups and downs. I am 10 films old. People say I have changed. But, I don't sense any change in myself. If I had to change, I would have changed in my second or third film.

I've read a lot of different versions of myself - and all of them are true because it's all opinion, and they're as accurate as it can ever be. But I don't think that I've been deft at hiding parts of my personality.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

I am pleased to say that as I get older, I get less and less like the sitcom 'Miranda.' She is really a clown character, a heightened version of the 20-something me.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.