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Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to let his racket do the talking.

Until now.

In A Champion’s Mind, the tennis great who so often exhibited visible discomfort with letting people “inside his head” finally opens up. An athletic prodigy, Pete resolved from his earliest playing days never to let anything get in the way of his love for the game. But while this single-minded determination led to tennis domination, success didn’t come without a price. The constant pressure of competing on the world’s biggest stage—in the unblinking eye of a media machine hungry for more than mere athletic greatness—took its toll.

Here for the first time Pete speaks freely about what it was like to possess what he calls “the Gift.” He writes about the personal trials he faced—including the death of a longtime coach and confidant—and the struggles he gutted his way through while being seemingly on top of the world. Among the book’s most riveting scenes are an early devastating loss to Stefan Edberg that led Pete to make a monastic commitment to delivering on his natural talent; a grueling, four-hour-plus match against Alex Corretja during which Pete became seriously ill; fierce on-court battles with rival and friend Andre Agassi; and the triumphant last match of Pete’s career at the finals of the 2002 U.S. Open.

In A Champion’s Mind, one of the most revered, successful, and intensely private players in the history of tennis offers an intimate look at the life of an elite athlete..
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Take out the trash with Reggie Miller, ride the bus with Jerome Bettis, and get to first base with Mark Grace: some of the bestand funniestinterviews from ESPN's favorite sports authority

Dan Patrick is never at a loss for words. Whether he's offering his own brand of irascible commentary on SportsCenter or taking on today's superstars in his enormously popular column in ESPN The Magazine, he always manages to offer refreshing insight that's as outrageous and entertaining as the world of sports itself. This hilarious collection of never before published "Outtakes" from his popular column features 25 interviews with some of today's most famous sports personalities, such as Mark McGwire, Wayne Gretzky, and Barry Sanders, each preceded with new and colorful introductions that offer Patrick's uncensored reflections. Dan Patrick's no-holds-barred approach to interviewing captures the players like no one can, and in this collection of new and greatest hits he is certain to win more fans than ever before.

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Pete Sampras, whose unprecedented number one world ranking tennis playr for 286 consecutive weeks, let his racket do the talking -- until now..
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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on March 18, 1999. The length of the article is 7746 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Moyá desbanca a Sampras.(Carlos Moya, jugador de tenis)(TT: Moya upset Sampras.)(TA: Carlos Moya, tennis player)
Publication:Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 18, 1999
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 6 Issue: 316 Page: 11

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Issue includes:- Emmit Smith - TigerWoods - Ken Griffey Jr - Pete Sampras - Andre Agassi - Shaquille O'Neal- Eric Lindros-Troy Aikman- and more great sports starsthey seemed to have picked good!.
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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on December 2, 1999. The length of the article is 587 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: La revancha de Pete.(Pete Sampras, jugador de tenis)(TT: Pete's revenge.)(TA: Pete Sampras, tennis player)
Author: Tay Polo Miranda
Publication:Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 2, 1999
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 6 Issue: 353 Page: 18

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on February 6, 2007. The length of the article is 478 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sampras trying tennis again; Retired since '02, he enters champs tourney 'to see how it goes'.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication:Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 6, 2007
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