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Tennis is seen all around the world if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.

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Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Tennis Player
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I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.
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The future is flying home. That's the immediate future. But long-distance future, I plan on being back. I'm not going to end my time here with that loss.
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There should be more of an off-season in the game. I think you need to have less tournaments, more of a break at the end of the year so guys can recover.
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I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.
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Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.
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By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I grew up, it wasn't about winning. It was about playing well, about playing the right way. That approach helped me enjoy the game and develop mine to its maximum potential.
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I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.
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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.
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It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended.
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Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I can't help but think it was because I was never afraid to lose.
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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.
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Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.
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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.
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I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.
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My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.
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Anything can happen out there on any court.
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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just go out and play and not worry about it.
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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.
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