153 Quotes by Pete Sampras

I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.

I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.

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.

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.

People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that changed my life.

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

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.

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.