Alongside vivid portraits of rivals from several generations—Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer—Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. There were parts of it that I really enjoyed, particularly the relationships and some of the tennis matches. Nice job on the video. I wasn’t the bad boy of tennis but that’s just how I was portrayed.” Since I remember watching him play, I beg to differ. Did he really recall each and every one of these matches point for point? This item: Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi Paperback $8.10. Definitely one of my new favorite autobiographies. Since I already had the physical book,  figured I might as well read it. Maybe I let myself be manipulated by a clever writing device, but nonetheless I really liked the book! If you can’t embrace them or reconcile them, at least accept them and move on. “What would Alison think about this?”. Andre won his first grand slam at the age of twenty-two and his memoir traces the ups and downs of his sports career as well as his relationships with Barbara Streisand, Brook Shields, and Steffi Graf. Hi Laine! You just need to appreciate an interesting life story. Gee, I wonder why his image was different from yours? Be the house, stack the odds in your favor. July’s assignment was to read a sports-related book in honor of the Summer Olympics that are supposed to be taking place right now. That made me happy, too. But, as the book explains, he broke onto the scene at an early age and was ill-equipped to handle fame, success, and failure. On a good point, if his academy for kids is doing half of what he claims it does, then that’s wonderful and something to be proud of. Shocks every one. (haha), When his son is born, his heart is split open and bursting with joy, At the same time he wonders if he’ll be a good dad since he’s a stranger to his son and to himself, He and Brad split off for Andre’s home stretch since they’re at different points now and don’t want to become enemies, He becomes a father first and a tennis player second as coming home to his family quickly pushes tennis out of mind, He accidentally shaved Jaden’s head bald like him. From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. 1. Ultimately, Andre does in this book what he does in life. If you use my affiliate links below, not only will you get a special offer, but it’ll help support the costs to maintain this blog! Uh, don’t ever remember Pete Sampras f bombing the line judge. He says it can be cozy because, He and Brooke get married in April of 1997 in Monterey, For the first time he’s envious of Pete and his lack on inspiration, or lack of a need for inspiration, Millions of people do what they hate for a living regardless, The idea of changing himself from top to bottom and reciting it daily brings him back to center, Momentum and momentum of our past keeps us down the wrong road and prevents change, He is finally financially able to start giving back with his charity foundation with Perry, To help at-risk children, you need more, if not all, of their day to be occupied, He takes a trip to Africa and meets Nelson Mandela, a huge inspiration for Andre, Every journey is important, and no journey is impossible, This time he has a strong WHY, he’s playing for his team, and visibility and money for his foundation, From now on after matches, win or lose, he’ll, Both Steffi and Andre are the only 2 players to win golden slams, and brad predicts they’ll be married by 2001, He is a thermostat because he doesn’t register the temperature in the room, he changes it, Beach date with Steffi: he tells her he hates tennis and she’s the first person to understand, Coincidentally, they have the same favorite movie, He’s training again to be number one, for himself, the US Open, and for Steffanie, He wins the US Open and his fifth slam while Steffi watches, He feels New York was rooting for him because they had watched him grow up and faced high expectations, On their way to Germany, they talk about having kids, He not only reaches #1, he finishes 1999 in the top slot and knocks off Pete’s six year streak, He’s the first man since Laver to reach the finals in four straight slams, Brad tells the Washington Post that Andre has a 27-1 match record in the last four grand slams, with nobody but Rod Laver, Don Bunch, and Steffi Graf having done better (Andre is floored to be mentioned with that group of people), Both Andre and Steffi’s fathers meet and its a hilarious fiasco, He will always regret that he cannot relive the 1999 French Open again and again, He realizes his mother has unbelievable strength in her resilience and she wants to prove to Andre that he’s made of the same stuff, He wins the Australian Open making it his 7th slam and 10th on the all-time list, He writes a daily appreciation board for Steffi, Despite his ongoing rivalry and affect they’ve had on each other’s lives, he and Pete are still strangers, Steffi gets pregnant and they’re both delighted and nervous at the same time, They name their son Jaden Gil and hopes he’ll be half the man Gil is, and Andre hopes to be half the father Gil was to him, Their foundation is committed to investing heavily in kids education, as he believes in most things in life you get what you pay for, Off all his contradictions, his school is the most amazing and amusing, A boy who feared school becomes inspired and re-energized by building his own, Steffi and his mom are both shy and get along, and he loves Steffi’s mom, His father doesn’t like weddings and doesn’t care how it’s done, he just wants them to get married, She’s the greatest women’s tennis player of all time so what’s there not to like? I have to admit that I do not follow tennis, maybe because I never played but also because the matches are so, so long. ( Log Out /  Like so many successful athletes (I’m thinking of Tiger Woods and the Williams sisters), Agassi was the product of a parent who aggressively made him pursue tennis starting from a very early age. Ultimately, he finds fulfillment in the family he starts with Steffi Graf and in the mission of the charter school that bears his name. But I knew some things about Andre Agassi, probably because he was tabloid fodder for so many years. Whoops! Ultimately, I just didn’t find Andre to be a reliable narrator. I thought it was very interesting and quite well written. Now I have to read it just for the opening–so intrigued! So, he kept playing. He turned to recreational drug use, it appears, in response to deepening depression. . Why was I not a huge fan of the book? Again, really? 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