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I think the image of golfers is terrific, and rightly so.
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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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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Anything can happen out there on any court.
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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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I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. If I can match them for 10 years, I'd be in their company. They were class acts. That's what I'd like to be.
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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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My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.
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Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
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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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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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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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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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I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
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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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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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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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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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The future is flying home. That's the immediate future. But long-distance future, I plan on being back. I'm not going to end my time here with that loss.
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