you can’t be serious

When it comes to humor, you’ve got to give it to Roddick.

To a jour­nal­ist ques­tion­ing him on his new, slimmed-down physique at Aussie Open 09–
ANDY RODDICK: You look good, too. Red is a good colour. If you’re out in the sun long enough your freck­les might con­nect and then you might get a good tan.

And the famous US Open 08 press inter­view, you obvi­ously know who is he talk­ing about–
Q. When asked about his injuries today, men­tion­ing the right ankle as opposed to the left ankle, the other day
ANDY RODDICK: Isn’t it both of them? And a back and a hip?
Q. And when he said there are too many to count.
ANDY RODDICK: And a cramp.
Q. Do you get the sense right now that he is…
ANDY RODDICK: Bird flu.
Q. Lot of things. Bei­jing hang­over.
ANDY RODDICK: Yeah.
Q. He’s got pretty long list of ill­ness.
ANDY RODDICK: Anthrax. SARS. Com­mon cough and cold.
Q. Got a lot of things going on with him.
ANDY RODDICK: Sure.
Q. Do you think he’s bluff­ing?
ANDY RODDICK: No, I mean, I’m sure
Q. The way you’re say­ing it, almost means you feel like…
ANDY RODDICK: No, if it’s there, it’s there. There’s just a lot. You know, he’s either quick to call a trainer or he’s the most coura­geous guy of all time. I think it’s up for you guys to decide.

AGASSI: Let’s see what you’ve got, big boy.
ANDY RODDICK: Hair.

After los­ing to Roger Fed­erer in the Wim­ble­don final 2004–
ANDY RODDICK: I threw every­thing and the kitchen sink at him, so he went into the bath­room and got the tub.

GORAN IVANISEVIC: Actu­ally, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like air­plane. No warn­ing, beau­ti­ful. That’s the art of throw­ing racquets.

GORAN IVANISEVIC: The trou­ble with me is that every match I play against five oppo­nents– umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

HINGIS: Do you want me to hold, or break you first? (To Dav­en­port after the toss)

Q: You and Patrick play a sim­i­lar serve & vol­ley game, so what’s the main dif­fer­ence between the two of you?
SAMPRAS: About 11 Grand Slams

NAVRATILOVA: The dif­fer­ence between involve­ment and com­mit­ment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

And here’s a ‘love’ly quote on ten­nis players–

To a ten­nis player “love” means you haven’t scored yet.

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