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For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.
Pete Sampras
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Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Tennis Player
Washington
District of Columbia
Petros Sampras
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As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.
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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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I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.
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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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I think the image of golfers is terrific, and rightly so.
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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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Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.
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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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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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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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I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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I've got a great wife, a great life.
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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.
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Winning is about taking your opponent's heart out and squeezing it until all the blood has come out, even the very last drop. There are no prizes for a funny loser.
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When you go through certain moments of your career and you're struggling, it just takes time. Time heals, when you're a little bit down.
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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.
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The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.
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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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