Pete Sampras Quotes - Page 2

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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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• 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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• Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure.

  Pete Sampras

  Retirement, Progress, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid.

  Pete Sampras

  Kids, Guy, Wimbledon

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

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Years, Class, Goal

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• Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.

  Pete Sampras

  Player, Names, Intimidated

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• I didn't have a big fat Greek wedding, but I have a lot of fat Greek friends.

  Pete Sampras

  Hilarious, Greek, Bigs

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• People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Player, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

  Pete Sampras

  Simple, Tennis, Simple Life

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• In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf.

  Pete Sampras

  Couple, Mistake, Winning

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is no doubt about how hard it is to stay on top in any sport, but to do it in an individual sport for the majority of your career, it is not easy.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Careers, Doubt

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• When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Couple, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.

  Pete Sampras

  Winning, Play, Long

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• A couple hundred people around, and I'm shaking.

  Pete Sampras

  Couple, People, Hundred

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• I'm enjoying my retirement, enjoying my life. I have two kids and a lot of my time is spent chasing these two animals.

  Pete Sampras

  Retirement, Kids, Animal

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• With this ranking system, the more you play, the better off you are.

  Pete Sampras

  Play, Ranking, Better Off

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• It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.

  Pete Sampras

  Nice, Court, Walks

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

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• I admire the way golfers handle themselves. But tennis players are a lot younger, as a rule. There aren't many teenagers on the golf tour.

  Pete Sampras

  Teenager, Golf, Player

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• Baseball is America's pastime, and that record is absolutely huge in the States.

  Pete Sampras

  Baseball, America, Records

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• I'm staying in shape, working out.

  Pete Sampras

  Work Out, Shapes, Staying

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

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• Most of the time after the US Open, it is kind of like you are trying to finish strong. But to do it five years and maybe six is something that has never been done before, so it is a huge challenge.

  Pete Sampras

  Strong, Years, Challenges

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• Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.

  Pete Sampras

  America, Tennis, Fans

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• I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.

  Pete Sampras

  Tennis, Important, Legs

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• I want to end my career on my terms, not on what people think I should do.

  Pete Sampras

  Thinking, Careers, People

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