Pete Sampras Quotes

If we know what that set point is, we can predict fairly accurately when you will be in flow, and it will be when your challenges are higher than average and skills are higher than average.

More than specific memories of achievements, for me I remember the feeling you get when you were just at your very best - when you felt like you were floating across the court and could put the ball wherever you wanted.

And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into.

I love championships. That's when I want to be at my best. I love those environments. It brings the best out of me.

Every match I won in a Grand Slam, I take confidence of that, and when I arrive in a final, I know my game is there.

It would actually be a dream way to end my time in Turin, by winning the Champions League.

Sometimes, as an athlete, you think everything you touch can turn into gold.

Serena Williams is the ultimate champion. She knows what it takes to get to the top.

I think we are entitled to dream about winning the world championship.

My son's dream is to win Wimbledon - I'd love that.

I'd grown up with Wimbledon, and so to play on Centre Court really was a dream come true.

To be on the winning team on your debut is amazing enough anyway but to do so alongside one of your best mates is the stuff of dreams.

In any sport, you're at your best when you're playing without thinking too much.

I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me.

Winning Wimbledon would be a childhood dream come true.

Every player dreams of playing a Champions League semi-final, and we will give everything.

Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.

Winning and scoring at places like Chelsea is what you grow up dreaming of, so doing so with Bournemouth was a moment to cherish.

But what I didn't recognize when I was much younger was this sort of...when you're on, when you're really on, go at it.

Anything you do has a still point. When you are in that still point, you can perform maximally.

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.

If you want to win a horse race, you need your horse to be 100%.

I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

Don't let anyone tell you that great things can't happen in America... Barriers can come down. Justice and equality can win.

Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.