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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
Peter Sampras
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Success
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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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I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.
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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've got a great wife, a great life.
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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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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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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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It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.
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As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to 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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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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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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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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The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
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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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Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.
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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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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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