A Champion's Mind - Pete Sampras

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docin, ref1, ref2 ternational Management Group (IMG), ref1, ref2 ternational Tennis Federation (ITF), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 ternational Tennis Hall of Fame, ref1, ref2, ref3 lian Open, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 anisevic, Goran, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 left-handed serve of, ref1, ref2 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23 anisevic, Srdjan, ref1 ck Kramer Club, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 PS’s lessons at, ref1, ref2, ref3 ite, Martin, ref1 pan, ref1 rryd, Anders, ref1 nkins, Sally, ref1 hn, Elton, ref1 nsson, Lars, ref1 se (parrot), ref1 nior tennis: Davis Cup, ref1 fierce competition and pressure of, ref1, ref2 PS’s play in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 reaction of parents and coaches in, ref1, ref2 afelnikov, Yevgeny, ref1 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 aiser Permanente, ref1, ref2 eil, Mark, ref1 ennedy, John F., Jr., ref1 ey Biscayne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 iefer, Nicolas, ref1 ing, Billie Jean, ref1 ing, Larry, ref1 ipling, Rudyard, ref1, ref2 irsten (cook), ref1, ref2, ref3 night, Phil, ref1, ref2, ref3 orda, Petr, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 rajicek, Richard, ref1, ref2 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 rishnan, Ramesh, ref1, ref2 ucera, Karol, ref1, ref2 uerten, Gustavo, ref1, ref2, ref3 coste, René, ref1 dam, Joey, ref1
nsdorp, Robert: forehand and groundstroke specialty of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 prominent protégés of, ref1, ref2 PS coached by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 PS’s relationship with, ref1 pentti, Nicolas, ref1 rkham, Todd, ref1 rry King Live, ref1 rsson, Magnus, ref1, ref2, ref3 s Vegas, Nev., ref1, ref2, ref3 ver, Rod, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11 aping overhead shots, ref1, ref2 conte, Henri, ref1, ref2, ref3 e, Martin, ref1 ndl, Ivan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9 relationship of PS and, ref1, ref2 ndl, Samantha, ref1 nnon, John, ref1 tterman, David, ref1 ttle, Del, ref1 Austin family connection of, ref1 footwork and balance speciality of, ref1, ref2 PS’s lessons with, ref1, ref2, ref3 ndon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 ng Beach State University, ref1 s Angeles, Calif, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10 s Angeles Lakers, ref1, ref2 ve Stinks, ref1 ndgren, <strong>Pete</strong>r, ref1 pica, Mike, ref1 on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 cEnroe, John, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10 combative and emotional manner of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 Davis Cup play of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5 Grand Slam titles of, ref1, ref2 PS’s relationship with, ref1, ref2, ref3 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 waning career and retirement of, ref1, ref2, ref3 cLean Restaurant and Delicatessen, ref1, ref2, ref3 agnificent Seven, The, ref1 ancini, Alberto, ref1 arijuana, ref1 artin, Todd, ref1, ref2, ref3 Davis Cup play of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 PS vs., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
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A CHAMPION’S MIND
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Introduction Chapter 1 1971-1986 Th
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A few years ago, the idea of writin
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A CHAMPION’S MIND
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cheap to build and easy to maintain
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other serious player in the family.
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specialist. Eventually, I also had
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that enabled me to use the same bas
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my training. Cha-ching, cha-ching .
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It didn’t hurt my cause that as c
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My journey to tennis stardom was a
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He had fought his way through the p
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He was courteous, and curious about
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seemed that my serve was getting st
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Andre was bouncing the ball, gettin
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The kids had a “normal” late ad
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Although I missed the Australian Op
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I know what the problem was: theore
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player in the nation. I was the ide
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had I not changed my receiving stan
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of reading between the lines, and T
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The tie worked out exactly as plann
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him to chip and charge. I would wai
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that you can’t wait to get out th
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developed on hard courts, where you
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established icon. We had a tug-of-w
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the people there laughed—somewhat
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way I also took out solid clay-cour
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danger of turning tennis into a sch
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myself, I fought like mad. The New
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inexplicably collapsed. By then Tim
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the eyes lighting up and his lips t
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After that match with Jim, I often
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more than a casual commitment), but
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the first things I did when I set u
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And I’d be thinking, How’s that
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Lyon revisited—a full-on disaster
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It’s a lot like that classic West
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The Aussies have a great tennis tra
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Paul wanted me to attack relentless
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pressure and made guys very uncomfo
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was something on my mind, I would j
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who also put up some good results o
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I wasn’t very flamboyant. They we
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played to an ultimate match—not n
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eyes. I think he saw me as differen
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are and precious, and I really felt
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going an extra round or two at some
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did I ignore the potential benefits
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Page 124 and 125: me. It didn’t hurt that the short
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Page 131 and 132: a coach because he was too much of
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Page 149 and 150: YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV (11-2) . . . I l
Page 151 and 152: PATRICK RAFTER (12-4) . . . Pat was
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