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Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last long as the bad. Not even close.

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Andre Agassi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
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