Once there was a bird of paradise from Las Vegas ...

One thing first: Neither I play tennis myself, yet I was a particularly big fan of Andre Agassi to the active sportsman times. The bird of paradise of Las Vegas with the wild hair and crazy clothes Tennis was always a bit too flashy and overdone flashy and rebellious - I have rather less impressive "Stefan Edberg" types sympathizes. But I really love reading autobiographies, regardless of whether the persons concerned are known or not. The main thing they have to tell good stories.

And Agassi's story is told incredibly good and exciting. Once begun, I konne not put down the book.

You can know Andre Agassi in a way that touches and makes you think. It suffers the small Seven Years, being chased by his father to almost brutal way on the tennis court, literally with, associates with him and thus learn it as adults know and understand better. Likewise, one is suffering with the eleven year olds who must be removed to cope by his family and the familiar surroundings in solitude and drill machinery of Nick Bolletieri Academy and there developed gradually to the punk-rebellious tennis player whom you will get to know later ,
It is surprising especially his recurring statement that he actually hated tennis from the beginning. Everything indicates that Agassi, was driven by an ambitious and obsessed father, other-directed in his career and has done nothing of self-motivation. Nevertheless, he was a brilliant tennis player; you can not force and manipulate a child for tennis, but it can not force them to play well. The perfectionism and obsession of his father he has made in the course of its development train to train to his own: defeats have hurt him more than his successes were happy; who at best satisfies him. However, the price of success was high and almost led to self-destruction.
I was particularly impressed on the various match descriptions: incredible how exactly and in detail Agassi has any gameplay in mind and exciting recount white.

I tip my hat to the adult Andre Agassi and'm happy for him that he has found his place outside the tennis courts.

Conclusion: An incredibly addictive and intense book, thrilling, oppressive and funny at the same time, the thought-provoking.