A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
- ISBN-10
- 030738330X
- ISBN-13
- 9780307383303
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Crown
- Authors
- Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras
Description
The tennis star offers a candid account of his athletic career that reveals his rise to fame on the court, his most dramatic on-court moments, his famed rivalry with Andre Agassi, and the pressures of and lessons learned about success.
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