--- title: "Best Pete Sampras Sayings" description: "Pete Sampras is an American former professional tennis player. Browse 90 Pete Sampras quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pete-sampras-74650.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pete-sampras-74650.jpg) # Pete Sampras (1971) Tennis Player **90** quotes in **431** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Pete Sampras is a tennis player, best known for *Pete Sampras*. ## Quick Facts About Pete Sampras Born August 12, 1971 Profession Tennis Player Notable works Pete Sampras ## About Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 286 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 six consecutive times. Sampras won 64 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including 14 men's singles majors, which was an all-time record at the time of his retirement: seven Wimbledon Championships, two Australian Opens and an Open Era joint-record five US Opens. He also won five Tour Finals, two Grand Slam Cups, eleven Masters events, and was part of the winning United States Davis Cup teams in 1992 and 1995. ## Quotes by Pete Sampras · Page 3 > [In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/in-tennis-you-can-make-a-couple-of-mistakes-and-still-win-not-in-golf/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Couple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/couple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/pete-sampras-7491_couple_in-tennis-you-can-make-a-couple-of-mista_2042764.jpg) > [I've worked hard my whole life, since I was a little kid. But now it's a point in my life now where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/i-ve-worked-hard-my-whole-life-since-i-was-a-little-kid-but-now-it-s/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Enjoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/pete-sampras-7491_enjoy_i-ve-worked-hard-my-whole-life-since-i-w_2319660.jpg) > [People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/people-know-me-i-m-not-going-to-produce-any-cartwheels-out-there-i-m/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Cartwheels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartwheels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/pete-sampras-7491_cartwheels_people-know-me-i-m-not-going-to-produce_1024287.jpg) > [People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/people-wrote-me-off-but-i-believed-in-myself-i-got-the-confidence/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Changed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/pete-sampras-7491_changed_people-wrote-me-off-but-i-believed-in-my_141478.jpg) > [Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/choking-is-being-in-a-position-to-win-and-then-experiencing-some/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Choke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/pete-sampras-7491_choke_choking-is-being-in-a-position-to-win-an_2573601.jpg) > [If I win and play well, then the ranking will take care of itself. Defending points is really not a problem. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/if-i-win-and-play-well-then-the-ranking-will-take-care-of-itself/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/pete-sampras-7491_care_if-i-win-and-play-well-then-the-ranking_2215101.jpg) > [I admire the way golfers handle themselves. But tennis players are a lot younger, as a rule. There aren't many teenagers on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/i-admire-the-way-golfers-handle-themselves-but-tennis-players-are-a/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/pete-sampras-7491_admire_i-admire-the-way-golfers-handle-themselv_2344710.jpg) > [People watched the Masters. It was a huge event. It was at The Garden. Now that it is over here in Europe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/people-watched-the-masters-it-was-a-huge-event-it-was-at-the-garden/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Bits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/pete-sampras-7491_bits_people-watched-the-masters-it-was-a-huge_873721.jpg) > [When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/when-i-committed-to-playing-a-little-tennis-in-some-exhibitions-it/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Committed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/committed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/pete-sampras-7491_committed_when-i-committed-to-playing-a-little-ten_2030379.jpg) > [I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/i-loved-wimbledon-and-what-it-meant-but-the-surface-felt/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Californians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/californians/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/pete-sampras-7491_californians_i-loved-wimbledon-and-what-it-meant-but_1046064.jpg) ## Pete Sampras by topic [Tennis (33)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tennis/pete-sampras/) [Winning (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/winning/pete-sampras/) [Years (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/pete-sampras/) [Golf (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/golf/pete-sampras/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/#itemlist", "name": "Pete Sampras Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. 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