Pete Sampras Quotes - Page 3

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• I may be a step slower than I was before reaching 30, but I'm doing all the right things. I guess there are some guys who would take it easy in the latter part of their careers, but I'm stepping it up.

  Pete Sampras

  Careers, Guy, May

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• Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Fall, Swings

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

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• I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Nice, Majority

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Years, Play

  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.

  Pete Sampras

  Goal, Tennis, One Day

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• I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.

  Pete Sampras

  Who I Am, Publicity, Jerk

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.

  Pete Sampras

  Dream, Winning, Justice

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• After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Passion, Winning

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

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Kids, Golf, Play

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

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• When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

  Pete Sampras

  Tennis, House, Exhibitions

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've got a great wife, a great life.

  Pete Sampras

  Wife, Great Wife

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

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• I've been into golf, trying to get into the gym to stay somewhat fit. I've got two boys now, they're active kids.

  Pete Sampras

  Kids, Golf, Boys

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

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• I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.

  Pete Sampras

  Reality, Icons, Historical

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

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• Anything can happen out there on any court.

  Pete Sampras

  Court, Anything Can Happen, Happens

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Believe, Athlete, Political

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The way I hold the club, I've got my hand way over, like I'm driving a motorcycle. My Kawasaki grip.

  Pete Sampras

  Hands, Motorcycle, Clubs

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Thinking, Games, Years

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Distance, Home, Loss

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• I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.

  Pete Sampras

  Thinking, Play, Matter

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Country, Home, Usa

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I tied the record five years in a row, even over in Europe, it wasn't really talked about. It is disap-pointing because it is one of the toughest things to do in sports.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Years, Europe

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• When you come back strong, you are going to have little nagging things that you can usually play through, but every now and again, it is to the point where you can't play.

  Pete Sampras

  Strong, Play, Littles

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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.

  Pete Sampras

  Struggle, Winning, Years

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• That's not what I'm looking forward to, just being home and just kind of not really sure kind of what to do with myself.

  Pete Sampras

  Home, Just Being, Looking Forward

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• Tennis obviously isn't as popular as baseball in the States.

  Pete Sampras

  Baseball, Tennis, States

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