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… a compelling book…as a first-person account of the Agassi family, it is well-written and draws you in immediately. Agassi starts with his humble upbringing in Iran, which gives an insight into his character and how he came to become so knowledgeable about, and love, tennis. He discusses his Olympic boxing career, how he thought Nick Bolletieri wrecked Andre’s game by taking him from a serve-and-volleyer to a baseliner, the family conflicts that resulted from his fixation, his opposition to Andre’s marriage to Brooke Shields, and how Steffi Graf helped bring the family back together.
Agassi talks about the mistakes he made in pushing his first two kids too far. By the time Andre, his fourth child, came along, he had wised up a bit and found Andre to be the most talented and the most willing of his children. Mike Agassi had a dream of wanting his kids to be world-champion tennis players. ‘And with Andre, my dream — and, I believe, I hope his dream — came true.
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