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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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Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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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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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.
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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve.
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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.
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People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.
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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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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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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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Anything can happen out there on any court.
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Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.
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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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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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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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Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.
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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.
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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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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 don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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