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An Early Look At Pete Sampras Upcoming Book
By Manfred Wenas • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Tennis History

Written by TennisGrandStand Staff

You can pre-order the book for 39 percent off by clicking the book title link.

Here’s an early look at A Champion’s Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis - the new book written by Pete Sampras (with Peter Bodo) due out on June 10 (Crown, $24.95). This book continues a nice recent run of tennis books in the market - with last year’s title’s Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life by James Blake and The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection by Rene Stauffer. The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book is also due out later this Spring. There are some excellent quotes already to go with the book. Here are a few…

“Consider this book Sampras’ 15th Grand Slam. A thoroughly compelling read that-apart from retracing a gilded sport career-really probes the ‘hard drive’ of a champion. It’s as if all the emotion and insight that Sampras sometimes seemed reluctant to express during his playing days comes spilling forth.”
-Jon Wertheim, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated and SI.com

“As the title says, this is a remarkable look into a champion’s mind, and maybe one of the best tennis memoirs ever. Pete captures the pressure a player feels once he’s reached the top. He puts us next to him on the court, and we get a clear sense of what made him extraordinary: he was supremely determined, dedicated to learning the strengths and weaknesses of his opponents, and committed to never ever yielding a point easily. Pete wrote this book the way he plays tennis: full-out.”
-Rod Laver

“Even playing at a high level, it’s hard to know what the experience of winning-and trying to stay on top-is like for another competitor. We all react so differently to pressure, to the glow of the spotlight. It is brutally hard to stay grounded, and yet this wonderfully candid book shows that it was Pete’s rare ability to compartmentalize and draw strength from his family that allowed him to reach the sport’s pinnacle. Whether championships are in your past or just live in your dreams, you’ll learn a lot from Pete’s story.”
-Monica Seles

“Pete Sampras was always able to rise to the occasion, winning so many big matches at the biggest events. This book provides the reader a glimpse into Pete’s remarkable career and how he was able attain his vision of being the best player in the world. We can all benefit from the insight he offers.”
-Roger Federer

Are you going to buy it Laurie?

Just kidding ;)

I sure will.

I'm very interested in his early days - ie 1980s when he was making his way, he had an interesting beginning, changing his game, losing a lot of matches as a result and suffering a lot of criticism, whilst it was acknowledged he was a natrural talent. I'm looking forward to reading his take on that and how he won the US Open at such an young age beating those great players. The Tennis he played in 1990 is still some of the best Tennis ever played by anyone.

I remember everybody was talking about Agassi and he was in the shadow....except for Andres Gomez who said that the one to watch was Sampras and not Agassi at least a year before those 2 clashed in their first USO final.

indeeed
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