There is no scientific answer for success. You can’t define it. You’ve simply got to live it and do it.

Roddick rejects the idea that “success” can be reduced to an objective, scientific definition—an implicit critique of managerial metrics and universal formulas. Instead, she frames success as something enacted: it emerges through choices, habits, and sustained practice rather than through conceptual clarity alone. The quote also suggests that success is plural and personal: because it cannot be defined in a single way, it must be embodied in a life and work that reflect one’s values. In Roddick’s broader ethos, this “living it” often includes social responsibility—success measured not only by profit but by impact, integrity, and the courage to act.