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Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

Andy Roddick: "Federer Ruined My Life for a Decade"

Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

That Sounds Fun Network

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week the fellas join up with former world number one tennis player and US Open champion Andy Roddick to discuss his legendary career and the transition into fatherhood. Jon is very excited! Roddick reflects on holding the world’s fastest serve record, his humorous rivalry with Roger Federer, and the "light" feeling of retiring at age 30. He shares candid stories from the "School of Earth," including traveling the world alone at age twelve and why he believes parents must let their children fall sometimes to build resilience. Roddick offers profound wisdom for sports parents, emphasizing the need to "control the controllables" and sharing Andre Agassi's advice on simplifying the path to excellence. From hosting Saturday Night Live to being the "third best player" on his high school team, Roddick brings his signature wit to a conversation about discipline, legacy, and the "white-knuckling" reality of parenting. Visit Andy Roddick: https://www.youtube.com/@ServedPodcast Join us: http://dadville.substack.com Thanks to our sponsors! Quince - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://quince.com/dadville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Cove - Check out Cove at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://covesmart.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code DAD for an additional 10% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dadville

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Yeah

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Hi, I'm Dave Barnes

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And I'm John McLaughlin

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And welcome to Dadville

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Dadville's a podcast where we talk about life, love,

0:13.7

And the pursuit of awesome dadding

0:15.7

It's funny thoughts and deep talks

0:18.0

So please enjoy your time here in Dadville

0:20.3

And enjoy this episode with Andy

0:24.0

Roddy. Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus. We're having a baby. We're having a baby.

0:35.9

I've always wanted to be mom. And we're bringing you on our journey through everything. I have no idea what we're doing. Thank you. I have more of an idea. I think of it like a Tamagocchi. At the end of all of this... We're going to have a little baby? Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming April 2nd exclusively on Disney Plus. 18 plus subscription required T's T's Apply. Dude, we are really, really excited to have you on. Thank you for taking the time. Who's, are you guys both friends with Drew, Hokem? Yes. Yeah, and I'm glad you said that we need to start by shouting out the great drew holcomb

1:11.4

for he was great he said well you know when you go on this i said i don't whatever dude

1:16.1

you tell me if you want you want me to go on he goes yeah go on it i go okay yeah yeah that's all it takes

1:21.7

i've known since even pre music days oh really when he was at tennessee yeah he and my little

1:26.4

brother oh cool but yeah we've done awesome for many many moons done a million shows love drew so Free music days when he was at Tennessee. Yeah, he and my little brother, best friends.

1:44.9

But yeah, we've done Drew for many, many moons, done a million shows. Love Drew. So here we go. And we're talent now, talent now. Okay. Today on Dadville, we've got a guy who, for a stretch there, basically had the fastest serve on planet Earth. And honestly, maybe still does in our minds, Andy Roddick. Andy was the world number one tennis player, won the U.S. Open and spent nearly a decade living in that top-deer elite athlete world, which John and I haven't even seen from a microscope, which as dads, we can only relate to in the sense that we've all yelled at our kids to hustle at some point. He's racked up 30 plus titles, led the U..s to a davis cup win and held the fastest serve

2:01.5

record for years which feels like maybe the best brag in the backyard with other dads that i would

2:07.4

use if i was just going to say it what's really cool is he's done off the court he started a foundation

2:11.8

serving at-risk kids won the arthur ash humanitarian award and somehow managed to transition

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to media,

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podcasting and broadcasting without losing that edge or a sense of humor.

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