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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.

Andre Agassi

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Andre Agassi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
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Well, I actually tell my son that I don't have any hair because he asked me the same question that I gave it to him when he was born, so he actually still believes that. He's five years old.
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The best predictor of future events is probably past events.
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Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn't lie.
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Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.
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I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.
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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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Hitting the ball has never been my issue, so I can literally not pick up a racquet for two months and hit the ball, really, really nicely. I mean movement's always an issue.
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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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Even if it’s not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.
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My accomplishments do not live up to my tennis game. Most people have to work really hard and win some big matches, and then they get money and popularity. For me it has been the reverse of everybody else. The exact opposite.
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I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.
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Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.
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I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.
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You have to have the mentality of executing your game when you don't feel like there's a lot of hope. I think the best feeling is when somebody pushes you to the limit and you dig down a little bit extra. By the same token, you also need a little luck. Sometimes they come together.
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What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.
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If you're ranked number one in the world it's because you've earned it, and I think the only way to really get there is to have that ability and to have it nurtured in a very competitive environment at an early age.
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