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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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Pete Sampras
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
Tennis Player
Washington
District of Columbia
Petros Sampras
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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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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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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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It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.
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I'm staying in shape, working out.
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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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I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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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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Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.
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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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The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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