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
It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it. – Andre Agassi
Tennis was always sort of a – a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didnt want to see it for myself but I certainly didnt want millions of people to see it. – Andre Agassi
First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasnt the winner, tennis was. Thats awesome. I dont know if Ive ever felt so good here before. – Andre Agassi
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third times a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. – Rodney Atkins