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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 U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#event #figure #going #had #i

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

— Pete Sampras

#i #i can #i do #lose #ugly

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

— Pete Sampras

#couple #far #far away #game #get

For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#grand #grand slams #granted #i #i do

I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#going #hold #i #i am #little

I can't just wake up and watch TV and do nothing. I need a day off working out, seeing the wife, play a little golf, see my kids. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#golf #i #just #kids #little

I've worked hard my whole life, since I was a little kid. But now it's a point in my life now where I can just enjoy it, but at the same time I still need to work. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#hard #i #i can #just #kid

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. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#cup #davis #davis cup #every #i

It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#any #athlete #athletes #believe #bit

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 player, not a celebrity. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#any #belong #celebrity #central #comedy