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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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Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Tennis Player
Washington
District of Columbia
Petros Sampras
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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 admire the way golfers handle themselves. But tennis players are a lot younger, as a rule. There aren't many teenagers on the golf tour.
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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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My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.
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I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.
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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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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.
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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.
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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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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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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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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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As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.
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It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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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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Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
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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'm staying in shape, working out.
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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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