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As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.

Pete Sampras

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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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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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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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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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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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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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My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.
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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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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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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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The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.
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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 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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Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.
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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'm staying in shape, working out.
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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 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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