Pete Sampras Quotes

When I go out on court, I don't care what I look like. I don't care if I'm out of my bed as long as I win the match, and that's what I'm there for. It doesn't matter what I'm wearing, it doesn't matter what I look, it doesn't matter what my hair feels like. All I feel is the moment I have to play well, give my 100% and win the match.

When you're on court, you just want to win. You're a competitor.

My challenge is to win every match I play.

You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.

I think to give everything I have on court is the best thing to do to win tournaments.

I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

It doesn't matter the way you're playing, especially the beginning of a grand slam. It doesn't change anything.

If you want to beat the No. 1 player in the world, you have to give everything.

When you are a professional, you go into the next game wanting to win.

I really don't care about stats. I don't care about any of that stuff. I just care about performing each and every weekend and helping my team win ball games.

Patience, discipline - giving everything on court... This is what I'm trying to bring in every single match.

I just line up, and I compete.

To win a championship, you need to win on the road.

My job is to win the game each and every week and that's what I want to do, and that's all I'm worried about.

It's as simple as taking care of the ball and doing whatever it takes to win.

I just go out and play my best tennis.

No excuses. Play like a champion.

You've got to go out there and play your best. It's about what you do on the football field.

I just try to be the best fighter I can be.

It doesn't matter where we play. It doesn't matter whether the season has finished or not. We have to play the same way, stay focused all of the time and go there to win.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.