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What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

Andre Agassi

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Andre Agassi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
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I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start with not caring how I feel. That's going to feel great.
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I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.
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People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me telling me they grew up watching me.
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It's easier to live with disappointment than regret.
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I've been cheered by thousands, booed by thousands, but nothing feels as bad as the booing inside your own head during those ten minutes before you fall asleep.
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Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.
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I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.
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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.
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Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a distance, the pillars of her life, the loyalties, the relationships. It all got my interest and also the looks.
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Being number two sucks.
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But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.
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Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.
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In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.
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If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.
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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.
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Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same tournaments year after year and we go back to the same place and many times the seats have been full and that has meant the world to me for sure.
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That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers
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Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It's your job to avoid the obstacles. If you let them stop you or distract you, you're not doing your job, and failing to do your job will cause regrets that paralyze you more than a bad back.
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It never seizes to amaze me how much I enjoy playing here and how much you fans have meant to me over the years.
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To be inspired - that's the secret.
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