Pete Sampras Quotes

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

Breathing first, winning next.

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

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

At big championships it's not the fastest person, it's the person who gets it right on the day.

I feel like in order for our team to have the upper hand, I have to play extremely well, and I have to bring the rest of the team with me. That's how I feel approaching every game.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

It pumps me up - the whole idea of the bowler marking his run-up, popping at the crease, the crowd chanting, nerves building up. It's a very good feeling. Right from the first ball, I know I have to be at the top of my game.

I know how to win big matches.

Whether I win or not, it won't be down to inexperience and hopefully it won't be down to some sort of mental misjudgment.

Fight night, I have to go out there and perform. I have to go out there and do what I've been trained to do. It has to come my way. I have to go out there and take it.

I try not to forecast the future and look down the road as far as my wrestling, because it's there. All I have to do is walk in a ring and light up the crowd.

I found that being top put all the pressure on second place, not first. The focus is on the second-place team, who can't afford to slip up again.

If I can train for a contest for a week, it's a guaranteed victory.

The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning

I don't think you ever will yourself to win. I think you prepare yourself the best you can, get yourself in the best mindset you can get in, and go after it.

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.

I'm confident of what I have to achieve in the buildup to London 2012.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.

I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning.

When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

I've got to win every race.

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.