Pete Sampras Quotes

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• The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.

  Pete Sampras

  Mets, Awe, Persons

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Player, Differences

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

  Pete Sampras

  Success, Interesting, Tennis

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Anybody who has played sports and says they have never choked is lying to you.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Lying, Wrestling

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Years, Tennis, Looks

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• You kind of live and die by the serve.

  Pete Sampras

  Kind, Dies

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with losing without having my spirit or confidence broken, which would help immensely over time, not just in the big picture but even in specific matches when I found myself in a jam. Fear of losing is a terrible thing.

  Pete Sampras

  Hate, Crazy, Ideas

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.25, Crown Archetype

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• Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book.

  Pete Sampras

  Book, Not Good Enough, Titles

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Inspirational Sports, Winning, Talking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.

  Pete Sampras

  Men, Tennis, Balls

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Struggle, Careers, Littles

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• I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly.

  Pete Sampras

  Hate, Winning, Ugly

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Swings, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  People, Tennis, Lasts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Once the fifth set comes, it's a matter of nerves.

  Pete Sampras

  Nerves, Matter, Fifth

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• I don`t know why, but I love the dog eat dog nature of tennis. It`s real, it`s brutal and there`s no hiding place - it's like a one to one street fight. I love the intensity that comes with knowing you walk off court either a winner or a loser. It`s daunting but very exciting. There is no one to blame except yourself, no one cares who comes second.

  Pete Sampras

  Dog, Real, Fighting

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Success, Sports, Kids

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.25, Crown Archetype

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Heart, Winning, Blood

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• Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.

  Pete Sampras

  Careers, Focus, Tennis

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.10, Crown Archetype

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• I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.

  Pete Sampras

  Weekend, Tennis, Worried

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Winning, Play, Worry

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Winning, Thinking, Tennis

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

  Pete Sampras

  Games, Done, Matter

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• The way I look at the top five, (Rod) Laver, (Roger) Federer, myself, Borg and (Ivan) Lendl. I think those five guys dominated their generations better than anyone. Maybe Roger will dominate better than any one of the other four. Maybe I put Andre (Agassi) as kind of six through 10 with, you know, (John) McEnroe and (Jimmy) Connors, kind of those guys. That's kind of how I see it.

  Pete Sampras

  Thinking, Guy, Generations

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Winning, Europe, Play

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