Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassiis an American retired professional tennis player and former World No. 1, who was one of the game's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi had been called the greatest service returner in the history of the game. Described by the BBC upon his retirement as "perhaps the biggest worldwide star in the sport's history", Agassi...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth29 April 1970
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
Big dreams are so damn tiring.
It never seizes to amaze me how much I enjoy playing here and how much you fans have meant to me over the years.
I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.
I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.
My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.
I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.
Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.
If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.
No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look like lunatics in a public square.
It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.
The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.
There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.
You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.