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Pete Sampras
American
Athlete
Born:
Aug 12
,
1971
Am
Me
Myself
People
Win
You
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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
Religion
You
Vote
Political
Offended
Believe
Other
Bit
Tell
Telling
Athlete
Athletes
See
Take
Celebrities
Get
Any
Influence
Place
Certain
Stand
Certain Things
Whom
Actually
Things
In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.
Pete Sampras
You
Win
Three
Mistakes
Drained
Physically
Mentally
Tennis
Couple
Make
Still
Golf
Event
Rounds
Played
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
Me
Too Much
Every
Too
Once
Way
Bit
Would
Would-Be
More
Davis
Davis Cup
Tennis
Years
Cup
Little
Little Bit
Much
Less
Inclined
Now
Play
Two
You kind of live and die by the serve.
Pete Sampras
You
Live
Kind
Die
Serve
I don't know how I do it, I really don't.
Pete Sampras
Know
How
Really
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
Kid
Wimbledon
Guy
Uncomfortable
Like
Felt
Surface
Just
Loved
Meant
All I cared about in tennis was winning.
Pete Sampras
About
Winning
Tennis
Cared
I've got a great wife, a great life.
Pete Sampras
Life
Great
Wife
Great Life
Got
I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.
Pete Sampras
More
Could
Am
Lot
Get
Who
Jerk
Publicity
I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly.
Pete Sampras
Hate
Win
Ugly
Lose
Whatever
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
Me
Passion
Nothing
Once
Months
Spent
Out
Vanished
Slowly
More
Winning
Through
Open
Had
Major
Sport
Prove
Years
Left
Won
Trying
Going
Six
Just
After
Next
Figure
Event
Last
Kept
Two
It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you're 33, 34, and you don't have a focus, you can get kind of lost. As a man, you feel a little bit unfulfilled.
Pete Sampras
You
Man
Respect
Focus
Lost
Few
Bit
Kind
Easy
Restless
Having
Having Fun
Glad
Retire
Feel
Got
Years
Get
Done
After
Unfulfilled
Little
Little Bit
Fun
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
Day
Wake Up
Wife
Nothing
Kids
Out
TV
See
Seeing
Off
Wake
Up
Just
Golf
Little
Working
Play
Watch
Need
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
Work
Myself
Day
Progress
Try
Out
About
Structure
Retirement
Know
Figure
Need
I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.
Pete Sampras
Me
Focus
Big
Back
Way
No Regrets
Look
Did
Just
Regrets
Career
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
Great
Great Guy
Guy
Colorful
Never
Won
Wanted
Titles
Interesting
Who
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