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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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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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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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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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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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Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.
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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 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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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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It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
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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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I've got a great wife, a great life.
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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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Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
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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 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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The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.
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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 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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Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.
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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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