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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'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
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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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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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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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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 go through certain moments of your career and you're struggling, it just takes time. Time heals, when you're a little bit down.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
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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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It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.
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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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