Andre Agassi, a born-legend. Nobody could ever imagine how Andre felt about the game. Nobody could ever imagine what went through Andre's head during many matches throughout his career. Nobody could ever imagine how Andre got to number one in the world, it wasn't his choice!
When Andre was just seven years old, his father began intense training, similar to how Andre's dad trained for boxing. He was a professional boxer and was a member of the Iranian national boxing team and his mentality clearly showed of a boxer. There were no easy practices for Andre, physically or mentally, even at seven years old.
In order to be the best, you must practice. Well, Andre sure got enough practice. His father's theory was if Andre hit around 3,000 balls per day, which would equal over one million balls per year then Andre would be the best. He knew that there were probably no other kids in the world that trained like this, hitting that many balls every single day!
His theory proved correct, as he knew Andre would one day become the best in the world, but Andre didn't seem to care that he was number 1. His father's tough ways were extremely demanding and it forced Andre to hate the game.
The public never knew Andre felt this way as he always put on a front that he loved the game. Andre always insisted to friends and family how much he hated the game, but nobody ever believed him. Andre touches on all of these issues during his book. One of his biggest issues was being lonely out there and at times he just wanted the match to end, even if it meant him losing.
His body would still put up the best effort, but his mind wasn't always there. Actually, his mind was more often in other places than focused on being the best and winning. I find it amazing how he was able to still pull out some incredible accomplishments while not always focused.
Clearly Andre went through many rough times and many great times. He was experimenting with drugs and then bounced back to number one in the world. This is a pretty rare situation, but thankfully he had a great group around him to motivate him back to his winning ways. He also found motivation when he married Stefi Graf and had a child. He built a charter school in Las Vegas which was also another motivational force for him.
I highly recommend this book to anyone, especially if you appreciate sports and tennis. I've always loved Andre and reading this completely gave me a new understanding of what Andre went through.
When Andre was just seven years old, his father began intense training, similar to how Andre's dad trained for boxing. He was a professional boxer and was a member of the Iranian national boxing team and his mentality clearly showed of a boxer. There were no easy practices for Andre, physically or mentally, even at seven years old.
In order to be the best, you must practice. Well, Andre sure got enough practice. His father's theory was if Andre hit around 3,000 balls per day, which would equal over one million balls per year then Andre would be the best. He knew that there were probably no other kids in the world that trained like this, hitting that many balls every single day!
His theory proved correct, as he knew Andre would one day become the best in the world, but Andre didn't seem to care that he was number 1. His father's tough ways were extremely demanding and it forced Andre to hate the game.
The public never knew Andre felt this way as he always put on a front that he loved the game. Andre always insisted to friends and family how much he hated the game, but nobody ever believed him. Andre touches on all of these issues during his book. One of his biggest issues was being lonely out there and at times he just wanted the match to end, even if it meant him losing.
His body would still put up the best effort, but his mind wasn't always there. Actually, his mind was more often in other places than focused on being the best and winning. I find it amazing how he was able to still pull out some incredible accomplishments while not always focused.
Clearly Andre went through many rough times and many great times. He was experimenting with drugs and then bounced back to number one in the world. This is a pretty rare situation, but thankfully he had a great group around him to motivate him back to his winning ways. He also found motivation when he married Stefi Graf and had a child. He built a charter school in Las Vegas which was also another motivational force for him.
I highly recommend this book to anyone, especially if you appreciate sports and tennis. I've always loved Andre and reading this completely gave me a new understanding of what Andre went through.
About the Author:
This writer is a tennis fanatic and has always been an Andre Agassi fan. In addition to watching tennis, this writer enjoys free time as a decorator and loves kitchen pendant light. He writers about any sort of pendant lighting fixtures at his site, minipendantlights.net.
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