Andy Roddick
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But you're like 6'2".
I always say I'm like a tennis player that was born in Nebraska.
They're big now, though.
Like, Rafa's an animal.
They're all huge now.
That's the thing that's changed.
The conditioning has changed.
Well, we used to have a skill, and now you can't have that skill without being insanely athletic.
So now you're seeing, like, Alcaraz, and his body's like... UFC fighter?
Yeah, like, he explodes and centers 6'5", and he's like a skier.
The athleticism of tennis has completely changed in the last 25 years.
No.
I mean, you look at like a McElroy.
These guys are like human rubber bands.
used to kind of be, what was the, I'm quite happy to go more, plaid pants and a huge ass.
It's younger and younger, and these guys are swinging violently.
It's changed a little bit.
Tiger changed a lot of it.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because he looked and presented like an athlete, so therefore every kid that watched him now looks and presents like an athlete.