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Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a guy whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world position for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious ability made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal competitors sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to let his racquet do the communicating.
Until now.
In A Champion’s Brain, the tennis great who frequently exhibited visible irritation with permitting people “inside his mind” finally opens up. An athletic prodigy, Pete settled from his earliest playing days never to let anything get in the way of his love for the game. But while this single-minded perseverance led to tennis domination, success didn’t come without a price. The constant pressure of contending on the world’s biggest stage—in the unblinking eyeball of a multimedia machine eager for more than mere athletic greatness—took its toll.
Here for the very first time Pete speaks readily in what it was like to own what he telephone calls “the Gift idea.” He writes about the non-public trials he faced—including the death of the longtime mentor and confidant—and the problems he gutted his way through while being seemingly together with the world. One of the publication’s most riveting views are an early on devastating loss to Stefan Edberg that led Pete to make a monastic commitment to providing on his natural ability; a grueling, four-hour-plus match against Alex Corretja where Pete became significantly ill; brutal 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 Brain, one of the very most revered, successful, and intensely private players in the annals of tennis provides an intimate look at the life of an elite sportsman.
From the Hardcover release.
