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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
Tennis Player
Washington
District of Columbia
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I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
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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've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.
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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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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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Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
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I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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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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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 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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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.
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When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.
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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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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.
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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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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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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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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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My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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