Pete Sampras Quotes

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

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.

I'm maybe not quite as sharp as I used to be.

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

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Players aren't quite as intimidated by my name.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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