sampras

It seems entirely possible that a one-hander suited Sampras specifically even if the two-hander is better for most people.

Tennis might be a better comparison because to win a grand slam, Sampras really had to beat Agassi.

John McEnroe began with wooden racquets, while Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi adjusted to carbon fiber frames.

Roger Federer and Pete Sampras are still the norm as far as tennis champions are concerned.

It worked in that Sampras won Wimbledon seven times, but he never won the French Open.

But even Serena turned pro in 1995 when Sampras was still at his peak.

Won two games in a match against Pete Sampras I think I can chime in on this one.

However Sampras has won more matches that _really_ mattered (in Grand Slam tournaments).

I remember thinking of Sampras as icy cold perfection and Agassi as making it up as he went along.

Peter Fischer, a pediatrician and tennis enthusiast, who coached Sampras until 1989.

I'm not a tennis player but I was a fan watching Sampras while growing up.

Agassi, though he's careful to give Sampras his due as an opponent, has some very interesting observations about him as a person in the book.

As a huge tennis fan who grew up loving Pete Sampras (I even copied his serve, as best I could, and utterly failed to imitate his signature "slam-dunk" smash many, many times more than my coach or team mates really thought was acceptable), I loved everything about this.

Sampras was single-minded in his focus for achieving greatness, but he wasn't always that way.

Pete Sampras, the clear cut and nice guy and Agassi the loudmouth badass player?

More than that though, it think Sampras’ words ring true regardless of your occupation.