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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
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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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People watched the Masters. It was a huge event. It was at The Garden. Now that it is over here in Europe, it has lost a little bit of popularity in the States.
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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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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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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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Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.
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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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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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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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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.
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If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.
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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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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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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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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 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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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'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
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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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Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.
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