I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
When you struggle winning matches all year and you don't really get into a groove or rhythm, you just can't expect to… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
I feel much more respected in Europe than I do in the States from the press and from the people. Americans expect… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
Winning is about taking your opponent's heart out and squeezing it until all the blood has come out, even the very last… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
Success is walking out of here with the title, and anything less is not good enough in my book. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
