Andy is renowned for his bubbly charismatic personality and often comes out with some gems for the tennis media to enjoy. The start of 2006 was no different, with Andy finding a joke to make about most situations Down Under. Some which got him out of trouble, and some which dropped him right back in it! AR.com has picked out a few of Andy’s wittier deliveries for you to have a laugh over, enjoy!

Q. Every day since the US Open, somebody stops me and says, “What is going on with Roddick?” I say, “I don’t know. I’ll ask him.”

ANDY RODDICK: Aren’t you bored with that question yet, Bud? You have to get bored with that. It’s got to be four months now.
Andy sympathises with seasoned journalist, Bud Collins, prior to the start of the tournament.
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Q. Chipping and coming in?

ANDY RODDICK: Chipping and coming in? Have you seen my chip? No.

Andy gets frank when discussing his strategies.

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Q. How do you like the courts?

ANDY RODDICK: They got lines and everything. I like them. They’re good.

Andy cunningly refuses to be drawn into the Melbourne Park court debate.

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Q. When you see a match like that, do you feel happy to have a weapon like you have in the serve to sometimes bail you out and keep points shorter because he (Lleyton Hewitt) has to grind every single point just about, no option at all?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. I mean, obviously, he’s probably saying when I’m slow running to a ball that, “Man, I like being fast,” you know.

You aren’t that slow, Andy!
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THE MODERATOR: Any more questions?

ANDY RODDICK: You guys took it easy on me today. Not even any grinding questions from Bud.

Andy is relieved to get out of his press conference unscathed!
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Q. Did you miss that big group that had been out there for you the first few days?

ANDY RODDICK: Yeah, they close the roof and now they can’t sit and sun bathe for me.

Andy laments that his bikini clad supporters weren’t able to cheer him on against Baghdatis.
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Andy Roddick: It’s nice when you have 30-odd girls in bikinis cheering for you.

We know you were watching the ball really, Andy!
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Andy Roddick: I have a bunch of half-naked women. He has a bunch of men. I know who I’d rather have dinner with me.

Form an orderly queue now, ladies.
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What about the fans? There was quite a contingent of Andy Roddick fans out there.

Andy Roddick: Yeah there were, when I went out there they were going crazy. They had their chests painted, they weren’t wearing much clothes (giggles) – I had to keep my focus going!
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