Quote

It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.

Pete Sampras

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Tennis Player
Washington
District of Columbia
Petros Sampras
Peter Sampras
Packed
Court
Walk
Walks
Nice

More quotes by Pete Sampras

Image
Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
Pete Sampras
Image
Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.
Pete Sampras
Image
I don`t know why, but I love the dog eat dog nature of tennis. It`s real, it`s brutal and there`s no hiding place - it's like a one to one street fight. I love the intensity that comes with knowing you walk off court either a winner or a loser. It`s daunting but very exciting. There is no one to blame except yourself, no one cares who comes second.
Pete Sampras
Image
You kind of live and die by the serve.
Pete Sampras
Image
The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.
Pete Sampras
Image
I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.
Pete Sampras
Image
Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.
Pete Sampras
Image
I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.
Pete Sampras
Image
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
Pete Sampras
Image
Tennis is seen all around the world if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.
Pete Sampras
Image
When you struggle winning matches all year and you don't really get into a groove or rhythm, you just can't expect to just come in here and have it click.
Pete Sampras
Image
People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that changed my life.
Pete Sampras
Image
I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids.
Pete Sampras
Image
If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.
Pete Sampras
Image
People watched the Masters. It was a huge event. It was at The Garden. Now that it is over here in Europe, it has lost a little bit of popularity in the States.
Pete Sampras
Image
My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. If I can match them for 10 years, I'd be in their company. They were class acts. That's what I'd like to be.
Pete Sampras
Image
My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
Pete Sampras
Image
I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
Pete Sampras
Image
I feel much more respected in Europe than I do in the States from the press and from the people. Americans expect me to win every match I play.
Pete Sampras
Image
Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.
Pete Sampras