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 SamprasWhen 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 SamprasPeople 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 SamprasThe 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