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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Crown Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-06-10 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 320 Ean: 9780307383297 Book Isbn: 0307383296  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthors:
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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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 Written on July 28, 2008 Summary: A truly great story Pete Sampras is the best tennis player in the history of tennis to this day. This book reveals his life in ways he never showed publicly as a player. It is truly a great story. He was a shy boy with a lot of potential that worked incredibly hard to be the best in the world. Managing his professional and personal life was one of the keys for his success. There are a lot of behaviors that can be learned to be disciplined from this book. I recommend it to everyone looking to be succesful in life. Written on July 26, 2008 Summary: Pete hits an ace I am a fan of Pete Sampras, so I enjoyed this book and got to see some insight into his life. He gives great details about certain big matches, and his coaches. The only criticism, and this is a very minor criticism, is he did not go into his personal life that much, he pretty much wrote only about his tennis life. One answer to that is tennis was his life. I believe this i one ofthe better bio books on tennis players. Written on July 25, 2008 Summary: a champions life by pete sampras Great story of a great athlete, Pete is a great champion and yet a normal and humble kind of guy... his words are sincere and the book is a good read... Written on July 22, 2008 Summary: Reliving Pete's Career I've been an avid Petenik since the kid won the U.S. Open at the tender age of 19. I was living in NYC at the time and got to see him play at Flushing Meadows just once during the first Grand Slam that he won. This book took me back to that time (and earlier), and walked me through the fantastic wins and frustrating losses that I watched on TV. As a result, I am rummaging through my vast piles of video tapes of his matches and converting them to DVDs so I can enjoy them again without worrying that they will fall apart. Written on July 8, 2008 Summary: Champion's Mind This book gives great insight into how to achieve your goals. From a young age Sampras knew what he wanted to achieve and worked hard to accomplish it. The book is for Sampras and tennis lovers. It focuses on specific matches and the story behind them. Great summer sports read. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2008-06-10 | 2007-06-25 | 2008-05-13 | 2007-11-27 | 1997-05-27 |
| Media | Hardcover | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 320 | 250 | 288 | 160 | 160 |
| Ean | 9780307383297 | 9780942257397 | 9780061560606 | 9781558708440 | 9780679778318 |
| Book Isbn | 0307383296 | 0942257391 | 006156060X | 1558708448 | 0679778314 |
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