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Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Tennis Player
Washington
District of Columbia
Petros Sampras
Peter Sampras
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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 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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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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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just go out and play and not worry about it.
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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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Winning is about taking your opponent's heart out and squeezing it until all the blood has come out, even the very last drop. There are no prizes for a funny loser.
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I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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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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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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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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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've got a great wife, a great life.
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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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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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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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Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
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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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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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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.
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