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Pete Sampras
Follows the career of the professional tennis player who had won three Wimbledon championships by the age of twenty-four.
23 pages, Library Binding
First published August 1, 1996
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November 8, 2025
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Bookster-Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, a man whose hard-earned work ethic led to an unprecedented 286 consecutive weeks at No. 1, and whose precocious talent made it possible for him to win a record fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals have sometimes dominated the headlines, Pete has always preferred to let his racket do the talking. Until now.
In The Mind of a Champion, the tennis great who repeatedly showed visible discomfort when people tried to “get inside his head” finally reveals himself. A rare sporting phenomenon, Pete was determined from his earliest days to let nothing stand in the way of his love of tennis. But while his single-minded pursuit of his goal led to his dominance of the sport, his success did not come without a price. The constant pressure of competing on the world's biggest stage – under the watchful eye of a media machine hungry for more than just sporting greatness – took its toll.
Me-A good book. You should read it.
English
Bookster-Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, a man whose hard-earned work ethic led to an unprecedented 286 consecutive weeks at No. 1, and whose precocious talent made it possible for him to win a record fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals have sometimes dominated the headlines, Pete has always preferred to let his racket do the talking. Until now.
In The Mind of a Champion, the tennis great who repeatedly showed visible discomfort when people tried to “get inside his head” finally reveals himself. A rare sporting phenomenon, Pete was determined from his earliest days to let nothing stand in the way of his love of tennis. But while his single-minded pursuit of his goal led to his dominance of the sport, his success did not come without a price. The constant pressure of competing on the world's biggest stage – under the watchful eye of a media machine hungry for more than just sporting greatness – took its toll.
Me-A good book. You should read it.
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