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Andy Roddick

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1175 total appearances

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Destroy it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

It's like a 12-year-old throwing a curveball.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

I was like, let's just rip it though.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

But you were going good.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

You had to.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

It was weird too because going into sophomore year of high school, I was 5'2", 110 pounds.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Oh, Jesus.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

I grew seven inches that year.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

And then six months after that, I discovered the serve.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

So all of a sudden I go from like this tiny little guy who just annoyed people forever.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

You know, that was like my style to having this thing.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

You go from like Ichiro to Bonds or Aaron Judge quickly, right?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

The better I got at tennis, I became cooler.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Everyone had a local paper.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Oh, so people started learning.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Yeah, so then I started.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

You were becoming a... It was weird because what we talked about earlier with the separation with church and state with school versus this other thing, it changed.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

You sign a contract, people know what you signed for.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Yes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

You know, I remember the first time I played, it was a tournament in Miami, 1,000, which is like just less than a Grand Slam.