A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
by Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo
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Author: Pete Sampras, Peter BodoEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-10
ISBN: 0307383296
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Crown
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- ISBN13: 9780307383297
- Condition: NEW
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Book Reviews of A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
Book Review: Pistol Pete scores another winner except this time on paper
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an interesting book that outlines the attitude and demonstrates the thought process of a champion. I read many biographies about different standouts in their own fields. They all have that cocky, confident approach to the turf that they belong. I don't believe there's any other way to excel in the very sport you compete unless you let your adversaries know that they are about to face "the champion." Pete Sampras gets that point across throughout the entire book. I also noticed that he doesn't talk about any of his past girlfriends in the book. It must be out of respect to his wife Bridgette which is understandable.
Summary of A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to let his racket do the talking.Until now.
In A Champion's Mind, the tennis great who so often exhibited visible discomfort with letting people "inside his head" finally opens up. An athletic prodigy, Pete resolved from his earliest playing days never to let anything get in the way of his love for the game. But while this single-minded determination led to tennis domination, success didn't come without a price. The constant pressure of competing on the world's biggest stage-in the unblinking eye of a media machine hungry for more than mere athletic greatness-took its toll.
Here for the first time Pete speaks freely about what it was like to possess what he calls "the Gift." He writes about the personal trials he faced-including the death of a longtime coach and confidant-and the struggles he gutted his way through while being seemingly on top of the world. Among the book's most riveting scenes are an early devastating loss to Stefan Edberg that led Pete to make a monastic commitment to delivering on his natural talent; a grueling, four-hour-plus match against Alex Corretja during which Pete became seriously ill; fierce on-court battles with rival and friend Andre Agassi; and the triumphant last match of Pete's career at the finals of the 2002 U.S. Open.
In A Champion's Mind, one of the most revered, successful, and intensely private players in the history of tennis offers an intimate look at the life of an elite athlete.
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