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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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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 goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.
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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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You kind of live and die by the serve.
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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 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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I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.
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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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It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
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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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