A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis »

PETE SAMPRAS holds the distinction of being the youngest male player to win the U.S. Open. During his career he won sixty-four top-level singles titles (including fourteen Grand Slams, eleven ATP Masters Series titles, and five Tennis Masters Cup titles).

The notoriously reclusive Pete Sampras opens up like never before in this gripping autobiography.

As a child Pete Sampras picked up a tennis racket and it just felt comfortable in his hand. The Sampras family was soon spending their weekends driving to tennis lessons and then to tournaments. This strange childhood forced Pete to grow up quickly, and by the time he was a teenager, he was battling the likes of Michael Chang and Jim Courier in the pro tennis circuit. Through the exhilarating stories of his greatest matches, the dramatic story of Pete's search for self unfolds.

Introduction

Chapter 1 1971-1986: The Tennis Kid 1

Chapter 2 1986-1990: A Fairy Tale in New York 29

Chapter 3 1990-1991: That Ton of Bricks 49

Chapter 4 1992: My Conversation with Commitment 71

Chapter 5 1993-1994: Grace Under Fire 91

Chapter 6 1994-1995: The Floodgates of Glory 119

Chapter 7 1996: My Warrior Moment 155

Chapter 8 1997-1998: Wimbledon Is Forever 185

Chapter 9 1999-2001: Catching Roy 213

Chapter 10 2001-2002: One for Good Measure 245

Epilogue 271

Appendix: About My Rivals 277

Acknowledgments 293

Index 295