"I would hear his press conferences and I would roll my eyes, 'cause it would be, you know, a pre-press deal at Roland Garros and he's playing some guy who is 80 in the world against who, you know, has won 87 matches in a row at Roland Garros. [He's like], 'The guy plays well, I don't know it, anything can happen today...'"- Roddick on Nadal's humble attitude
"It's really endearing 'cause I operated the same way, just nearly not as well or nearly as long! But kinda dealt from a place of insecurity, right? Won certain type of matches 400 times in my career, and at 401, I'm like, 'Gonna be all different this time. And it's an endearing quality, I used to think I don't know, 20% false humility and you're saying the right thing 'cause you don't wanna be disrespectful."
" That's a lot of intent to present yourself a certain way, but then you see him behind the scenes and the way that he operated, the way he treated people. And you're like, 'Okay, this guy is who he is.' He is that sort of human."
"It was nice to see someone who's utterly dominant and also be kind of scared of the next result. Made him relatable, especially to someone like me who sees these three guys as absolute superheroes. For me, he was the most relatable."
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