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Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship.

He reveals the depression that shatters his confidence, and the mistake that nearly costs him everything. Alongside vivid portraits of tennis rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his relationships. In his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by conflict.

Agassi makes us feel his panic as an undersized seven-year-old, practicing all day under the obsessive gaze of his violent father.

We see him at thirteen, banished to a tennis camp. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship. In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf.

Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon.

He reveals the depression that shatters his confidence, and the mistake that nearly costs him everything. Alongside vivid portraits of tennis rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his relationships. Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him.

By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win.

Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself, an inner conflict that would define him.

Overnight he becomes a fan favourite and a media target.

Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship. Like Agassi's game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed and power.

Note that this ebook edition does not include illustrations that first appeared in the print version.