桑普拉斯很快便纵横球场，靠的不是自命非凡，而是发球得分的能力：因为桑普拉斯发球力量很大，对手毫无还手的余地。

Sampras soon dominated the courts, not because of pretensions, but because of his ability to "ace" the ball: Sampras can serve it so hard that opponents can't return it.

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迄今我所认识的所有非凡人物，主要是些自命不凡者罢了。

All the extraordinary men I have ever known are chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

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