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Tennis Quotes by Pete Sampras
- I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much…
- I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.
- In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win.
- Tennis is seen all around the world; if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.
- Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.
- 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…
- 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 be a tennis…
- 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…
- I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.
- 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…
- A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with…
- Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I…
- By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I…
- All I cared about in tennis was winning.
- 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…
- 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.
More Tennis Quotes
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. — Arthur Ashe
- I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. — Arthur Ashe
- Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. — Arthur Ashe
- Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. — Boris Becker
- Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because… — Boris Becker
- When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully… — Hugo Black
- What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. — Andre Agassi
- First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis… — Andre Agassi
- Being number two sucks. — Andre Agassi
- I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis. — Andre Agassi