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What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens.

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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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My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.
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I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.
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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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Media access to us is more regulated than in golf.
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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've got a great wife, a great life.
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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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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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I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
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