“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.” KnowsRealCareFightingWalksKnowingStreetsDogExcitingBlameCourtWinnerTennisHidingLoserIntensityBrutalHiding PlaceNo One Cares Author: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 had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.” YearsLooksMadeHardEasyCourtMade ItTennisIntensityUnderestimatedMotivational Tennis Author:Pete Sampras
“Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.” MindMatterCareersFocusNo Matter WhatCourtTennisDistraction Book:A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis Source: A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
“I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid.” HardKidsGuyFeltCourtSurfaceUncomfortableWimbledonCalifornians Author:Pete Sampras
