※ [本文转录自 US_YoungGuns 看板] 作者: longgame (恢复元气中^^) 看板: US_YoungGuns 标题: Like a good buddy movie 时间: Sun Apr 11 14:15:51 2004 BY MICHELLE KAUFMAN Miami Herald Riiiinnnngggg. It's a spring afternoon in 1999. School's out at Boca Prep High. Andy Roddick hops into his Chevy Blazer. Mardy Fish slides into his Ford Mustang. Ready, set, go! Whoever gets to the Roddick residence first wins. Loser buys lunch the next day. Roddick weaves his way through Glades Avenue. Fish opts for Palmetto Park. It's a daily ritual. Somehow, they manage to avoid speeding tickets. Inevitably, they reach the driveway within two minutes of each other. And then they laugh. Like brothers. Like best friends, punching each other's arms as they enter the house. ''We could have easily driven to school together, but this way was more fun,'' Fish said. Fish was living with Roddick's family at the time, the two boys skyrocketing through the junior tennis circuit. Fish had moved from Vero Beach to train with Roddick's coach, Stanford Boster, whose stable also included Bo Hodge, and David and Chris Martin, all of whom went on to college tennis success. Their practice sessions on the courts at Boster's townhouse complex were as intense as anything going on at the more famous Nick Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton. The boys pushed each other -- sometimes to the point of exchanging blows -- and dreamed of turning pro. Never in their wildest dreams, though, would Roddick and Fish have predicted that five years later they would be ranked No. 2 and No. 18 in the world and playing for the U.S. Davis Cup team in a quarterfinal tie against Sweden at the Delray Beach Tennis Center: Fish plays Jonas Bjorkman today at 2 p.m., and Roddick follows against Thomas Enqvist. SEPARATE PATHS ''I don't remember us ever talking about something this big,'' Roddick said. ``The thing we joked about -- not just me and Mardy but a couple of the other guys, too -- was we should all take full scholarships to, like, Montana State and go win a national championship.'' Said Fish: ``We talked more about movies and dates than we did about tennis. Of course, we dreamed about turning pro, but we didn't really think this far ahead. No way would I have thought Andy would reach No. 1 and I'd be top 20 this soon. It's amazing, really.'' Hodge, a senior All-American at the University of Georgia, remains close to Roddick and Fish. He follows their careers through television, the newspaper and the Internet. And, he admits, he sometimes regrets not following their path. 'Of course I say, `What if?' But at the time, I felt college was the right choice for me,'' Hodge said. ``Still, I'm happy two of the five of us made it. I feel like the hard work we all put in those years helped Andy and Mardy, so we had some part in their success. I've won a national title and got an education, but their bank accounts are a little bigger than mine right now.'' While Roddick and Fish play against Sweden this weekend, Hodge will be in Knoxville, playing against the University of Tennessee. If the U.S. team has not clinched by the end of Saturday's doubles match, Hodge said he will fly down Sunday morning and catch the final matches. ''It doesn't really surprise me that Andy is where he is because, as competitive as we all were, Andy was the most competitive,'' Hodge said. ``He really, really hated to lose. He was very intense, in your face, just like he is now. None of us wanted to go to school. We talked about winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, being like Pete [Sampras] and Andre [Agassi].'' BASKETBALL BOND The five boys attended Boca Prep, and when they had time, they would suit up for the school's basketball team. They played about a dozen games together. ''Andy sat on the bench a lot,'' Fish said. ``When he got in, he missed layups.'' Roddick sheepishly admits Fish's recollection is accurate. ''I got so tight when I got in a game, it was a joke,'' Roddick said. ``One on one, I was fine. I could handle most people. Right up off the bench, I'd stone a couple. It's the reason I'm playing tennis right now.'' The one time the five boys competed for the school tennis team, they beat then-state No. 1 Cardinal Gibbons 7-0. When Roddick and Fish weren't battling on the tennis or basketball court, they engaged in marathon Ping-Pong matches at the Roddick home. They also fought over the sports page, Jerry Roddick's tacos and Blanche Roddick's potato side dish. ''Every morning, I'd put two sports pages on the table, and we put cable in the kitchen so the boys could watch ESPN while they got ready for school,'' Blanche Roddick, Andy's mother, said. 'But my most vivid memory of that year was the boys fighting over my `rock potatoes.' That was Andy's favorite dish, and Mardy came to love it, too. So, when I made it, I'd have to make one 9-by-11 pan for Andy and Mardy and another one for the rest of the family.'' Her other recollection is of the training sessions with Boster. She would watch her son battle the other four teens and wonder what would become of them. ''You could just tell there was so much talent out there,'' she said. ``It was great for Andy to practice against kids that good, and they all got better because of it. But the nicest part is that they are all still so close -- no jealousy. They all support each other and are proud of each other, and I know when I see Andy and Mardy out there during the national anthem, I'll get goose bumps and bawl my eyes out.'' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 是一篇很不错的好文阿! 不过也有一种不胜唏嘘的感觉.... 内容提到 当初和Mardy Andy一起在Boca Prep上学 训练的朋友共有五个 Bo Hodge, David and Chris Martin加上Andy跟Mrady 当他们毕业後 选择了不同的道路 Andy跟Mardy转职业 而其他的人则拿了大学奖学金去念大学了 在经过几年後 Andy跟Mardy的成绩有目共睹 其他的人 则在打全美大学的比赛.... Hodge承认他有时候会後悔没有跟Andy Mardy走一样的路 他说 在当时看来 念大学对他来说是比较好的抉择 虽然如此 他现在 仍为他昔日的同窗好友感到高兴 Hodge开玩笑的说: I've won a national title and got an education, but their bank accounts are a little bigger than mine right now.'' 之前的文章Andy有不断的提到 在他青少年的时期 网球对他来说 好像只是用来保送进入大学的工具 他跟本想都没想过 他可以走到今天这一步 而Mardy也对自己这麽快进入前20感到惊讶 我觉得 对网球选手来说 要真正把网球当成一个职业来看待时 需要很大的勇气 看看有多少人一辈子就在卫星赛 挑战赛 载浮载沉 当选手在面临抉择的时候 能否闯出一份天 完全是未知数 当选手仍敢走上这条不知道未来会怎样的路时 真是该为所有的选手鼓掌! 至於其他的部分 还真的很搞笑 包括Andy的篮球很糟 常坐冷板凳(好像不只一次被说了XDD) 根据Andy自己的澄清是说 一对一他ok 可是一到正式比赛 他就紧张到不行 所以现在他打网球XDDDD 还有Andy跟Mardy抢Andy妈妈煮的一道rock potatoes 每天都在抢报纸的体育版:p (超生动 就像我小时後会跟我姊抢影剧版^^") 阿 真是好朋友阿....... -- 总觉得用这篇文章 似乎就可以拍成一部励志型的网球电影了~~~ 只是 不知道 除了我以外的人 有没有人要看就是了XD --

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