Loved, loved, loved it.in the same way I loved listening to “Becoming”, by Michelle Obama. not a one!!! One of my favorite all-time favorite audiobooks. I can’t think of another - sports-autobiography - I’ve ever enjoyed more.

MY LOSS FOR NOT READING THIS OUTSTANDING BOOK TEN YEARS AGO. with added reading from the physical book (I’ve owned it since 2010). Library overdrive Audiobook.read by Erik Davies - 18 hours and 4 minutes. If I had to choose between Sampras and Agassi to invite to a dinner party, it would be Agassi any day. I love his originality, his ability to remain true to his essence, and his kind heart. He's (obviously) a formidable competitor, but it's interesting to see what traits, regardless of whether he liked tennis or not, helped him move forward. Agassi never seemed to loiter, he was always adjusting his team and his technique as he pursued his goals. I was also impressed by his ability to tinker with his own winning formula. And of course, getting back up again.Īfter reading this book, I respect him most for his tenacity and for his ability to thrash his way forward even though he has no idea who he is as a person for much of the book. Yes there are the few sweet rushes of relief when he finally defeats Becker and wins various grand slams, but the predominant motif seems to be about loss. The second piece of information that made me want to read this book was Jara's review: 'After finishing this I appreciate Agassi more as a human than a tennis player.' That got me really curious.Ī couple things that stood out to me after reading this: Agassi loses-a lot. So when this book came out-even though I'm a sub-par tennis player-I was excited. I don’t believe people are destined to win tennis tournaments.My old editor always said that I should try to write like anyone, it should be J.R.

Now that I’ve won the French Open, I do feel slightly more-I don’t know. Have you forgotten?Īfter the two weeks you’ve just had, you’re going to tell me anything is impossible?

And you’ll have your first kids together in 2002.īrad, she has a boyfriend. and scribbles on the upper right-hand corner: 2001-Steffi Agassi. He takes the Concorde promotional literature from the seat pocket. It’s destiny that you two should be married. Only two people in the history of the world have won all four slams and a gold medal-you and Steffi Graf. And who should happen to have won it on the women’s side? Who? Tell me. You won the 1999 French Open on the men’s side, he says. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:

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