Pete Sampras Quotes

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

Pete Sampras

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GreatInterestingNeverColorfulGuy

Playing in front of 25,000 people and millions more on television, and performing and doing what I worked so hard to try to accomplish was, in my opinion, the ultimate. Do I miss it? Of course I do.

Jimmy Connors

PeopleOpinionDoingAccomplishTry

You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.'

Joe Biden

WorkDepressionYouKnowSayOut

Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.

Jesse White

KingMeBasketballMeetOutsideGet

I'm a Texan. Some of me is still nestled up there in the Catskill Mountains: the summers I spent with my grandfather on the farm and the guys I played basketball with in high school. But then that was it.

Jerry Jeff Walker

MountainsSchoolMeBasketballFarm

At the Barcelona youth academy, I lived right next to Camp Nou, but I spent my days watching movies.

Mauro Icardi

YouthMoviesWatchingRightLived

I've always had this theory that if you're good at something, you should do it.

Michael Bacon

GoodYouAlwaysTheorySomething

There's nothing in the world like live entertainment. With TV, you have to wait for your results; with live entertainment, people let you know right then and there. That relationship is established in 30 seconds. The first 30 seconds, they'll let you know whether they like you or not.

Tracy Morgan

LiveRelationshipPeopleWaitWorld

We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history.

Tom Wolfe

HistoryGreatMeAmericanWaveNow

I found that Scottishness and Englishness are actually strong, instinctive things, whatever the historical reasons. Even the accent changes - just two inches across the border.

Rory Stewart

BorderStrongChangesTwoWhatever

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.

Joseph Pulitzer

LifeProgressI AmPeopleInfluence

The culture of modern Spain is something many people are still discovering.

Jose Andres

CulturePeopleModernSomethingMany

I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.

Craig Johnston

WorkCarFlowersMindTelevision

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