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" Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble. "
Pete Sampras
Short
Game
Enough
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" Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique. "
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" I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now. "
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" There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve. "
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" When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years. "
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" 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. "
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" I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches. "
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" It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you're 33, 34, and you don't have a focus, you can get kind of lost. As a man, you feel a little bit unfulfilled. "
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" I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. "
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" Retirement is a work in progress. I try to figure out my day, and what I know about myself is that I need structure. "
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" The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less. "
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" I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve. "
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" I'm staying in shape, working out. "
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" Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years. "
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" 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. "
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" I've been into golf, trying to get into the gym to stay somewhat fit. I've got two boys now, they're active kids. "
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" When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do. "
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" 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. "
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" I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am. "
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" In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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