you know you are responsible for my having become a huge pistol pete fan.
mimi used to fight with me all the time because I was never a pistol pete fan.
upon more careful scrutiny I have realized just how tough it was to defeat the great pistol at slams or at other events. 6 years at #1 means that he was just a monster at the other events also.
he was every bit as mentally tough as nadal and nole if not more. I mean just look at his slam record.
he had that aura about him. he knew he was the boss and he was confident when he stepped out on the court.
he was never arrogant so it was sort of a quiet confidence. players pretty much knew that they had no chance against him if he was playing well.