Andre agassi andre agassis crystal meth admission is no big surprise the eighttime slam winners dark confession sheds light on his former demons, but also a lack of credibility in the atp. Even those not convinced that andre agassi was the best tennis player of his time will readily admit he outdid all others in attracting attention, beginning in the 1980s, when he was a teenage. When barbra streisand called the 23yearold andre agassi a zen master and very intelligent, very evolved, more than his linear years, critics and cynics scoffed. Andre agassi makes the sensational confession today that he lied to the tennis authorities to escape a ban for taking hard drugs. He admits to taking crystal meth during his career. In his 2009 autobiography open, the 8time grand slam champion admitted to using the highly addictive drug crystal methamphetamine, known. In the book, agassi opens up about using crystal meth and a whole lot more.
Andre agassis upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a. The truth, agassi says in his forthcoming autobiography, was that he regularly took the drug at the time when his career was stumbling and he. The first edition of the novel was published in 2009, and was written by andre agassi. Agassis autobiography is his first public acknowledgement both of his use of drugs and of the lies he told the sports authorities after he had tested positive for the stimulant. This book would be an anodyne to everyone except andres father and nick bolliterri. After fighting painful, chronic back pain for years, tennis great andre agassi retires from the court and prepares to serve up the next chapter of his life. Slim, offered him the drug, according to an excerpt in the times of. Andre agassi thinks his own fall from grace with the use of recreational drugs may have helped tennis protect itself by calling in the outside governance of the world antidoping agency. Even with an overuse of hyperbole, similes and methapors, andre agassis open. The eight time grand slam champion revealed in his book how he felt when. Brooke shields confirms crystal meth abuse by andre agassi in.
Andre agassi, the former wimbledon champion and onetime pinup boy of tennis, was facing an angry backlash last night over his bombshell confession that he had taken drugs. In his upcoming autobiography titled open, the eighttime grand slam. Book admits crystal meth drug habit andre agassi was a crystal meth user in 1997. The times of london plans to serialize the book and released details on tuesday which describe how agassi came to use the drug and how he. I felt my story was one from which many people could learn, he added in a video promoting the book. In a tweet he since deleted, a sport illustrated employee dropped a bomb tuesday morning. Andre agassi used crystal meth in 1997 while he was playing professional. An autobiography succeeds because the man the book explores is fascinating. Agassis admission shows the impact meth can have on an athlete, a career and life. Andre agassi opens up about tennis, drug use american. Andre agassi admits using crystal meth in autobiography. Recounting the story of andre agassis crystal meth indulgence.
Andre agassi has written a tellall book about his life in tennis. American tennis legend andre agassi has admitted using crystal methamphetamine a year before he won the french open in 1998, and that he lied to the sports governing bodies in. In his autobiography open, the american candidly describes being introduced to the drug in 1997 and the moment when he was informed he. How to be good at something you hate open andre agassi. Andre agassi left the tennis world in a state of shock on wednesday when he admitted using the drug crystal meth and lying to the mens tennis governing body the atp to escape a ban. Often ranked number one, he captured eight grand slam singles championships. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 388 pages and is available in hardcover format.
Richard drewap and so agassi played on, and the next year began to turn his career around, moving from. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Agassi admits drug abuse in autobiography new york. Andre agassi used crystal meth while he was playing professional tennis, according to a new autobiography to be released next month. The admissions come in a soulsearching autobiography that is being serialised exclusively. Brooke shields confirms crystal meth abuse by andre agassi in new autobiography. In his new book, andre agassi admits he actually hates the game. Andre agassi loves to spend time with family asked how he thought his fans would react if they found out he was using drugs, agassi, 39, says. In his powerful autobiography, open, tennis legend andre agassi shows us that the language of tennis is much akin to the language of lifeadvantage, service, fault, love.
Andre agassi crystal meth revelations shock tennis world. A prodigious appellation for the books title as it is a double entendre implying a grand slam open in tennis and also andre being open about his life. The book is not controversial or is biased in anyway in andres recounting of his life. Tennis superstar andre agassi reveals in his new autobiography that he. His story also shows that there is recovery and life after addiction. Andre agassi has admitted that hes hated tennis throughout his career but still became one of the most successful and charismatic people ever to play the game. Andre agassi admits drug use in new book news and muse. Meanwhile, he also confessed in the book itself to a surprise lifelong hatred of the sport.
With unflinching honesty, agassi reveals that his seemingly charmed life as a tennis giant was one he deeply hated. Moehringer, the author of a tender bar and a pulitzer prize winner for his writing was a coauthor of this autobiography. An autobiography by andre agassi, paperback barnes. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Im struggling to understand why andre agassi wanted to confess boris becker is shocked, confused, and saddened after learning about agassi agassis past drugtaking.
The eighttime grand slam champion revealed in his book how he felt when. Andre agassi admits using crystal meth in new autobiography. Andre agassis crystal meth admission is no big surprise. Bbc sport tennis agassi admits use of crystal meth. New york andre agassis upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test a result that was thrown. Agassi hopes that his peers and fans will be more sympathetic when they read the book and put. Celebitchy andre agassi reveals crystal meth use, lying. Once you get past agassis unneccessarybut funnyattempts at literary greatness, the book becomes a behind the scenes, tellall version of vh1s behind the music. Andre agassis disclosure last week that he took a drug known as crystal meth, lied about it to authorities and got away with it, is only one of the startling revelations in the new autobiography. Andre agassi played tennis professionally from 1986 to 2006.
The main characters of this non fiction, autobiography story are andre agassi. New york andre agassis upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test a result that was thrown out. Apart from the crystal meth and some marijuana as a teenager, he never touched other drugs, he says. In 1997, agassi donated funding to child haven for a sixroom classroom building now named the agassi center for education. As for roger federer and rafael nadal, both of whom criticized agassi for his honesty about using drugs and questioned the veracity of his claims of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of his father and trainers, i only have this to sayyou may have been agassis opponents, but youre not his friends. Andre agassis crystal meth admission is no big surprise steve. Andre agassi revelations leave sport in state of shock. Agassi admits drug abuse in autobiography tennis news. Andre agassi came to town to promote his painfully honest autobiography called open, in which he details his tortured relationship with his demanding father, his dalliance with the recreational drug crystal meth, his finding the love of his life, steffi graf, when he didnt think such love was possible, and his evolution as an introspective. American tennis legend andre agassi has admitted using crystal.
That was a bigger shocker to me than the salacious fact that he was on crystal methfor a period of time. The american, one of the finest players to grace the game, tested. Agassi also writes in his book that slim was the person who introduced him to crystal meth, dumping a small pile of powder. Andre agassi has revealed that he confessed all about his descent into illegal drugtaking to his future wife, fellow tennis champion steffi graf, during a tearful night in a paris hotel room in. I could not hide the truth about drug taking any longer. The book contains an admission that he used the drug in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test a result that was thrown out after he said he unwittingly took the substance, reports ap. Now, in his autobiography, he has admitted taking crystal meth in 1997, and lying through his teeth in order to escape a ban, having failed a drug. I could not hide the truth about drug taking any longer with those dewy brown eyes of his, andre agassi always tends to look close to tears. Agassi admitted he used the drug with exassistant slim in 1997. Andre agassi crystal meth revelations shock tennis world reuters. Andre agassi tops list of celebs addicted to meth abc news.
Pdf open book by andre agassi free download 388 pages. The national institute on drug abuse 2 shares, methamphetamine abuse can be prevented and addiction to the drug can be treated. When i picked up this book the name open suggested andre will discuss about his prolong tennis career, his rivalry with pete sampras and many nail biting matches at the 4 grand slams or the opens, but from the first page till the end it was more about agassis fight with his inner self, his projection to the outer world and how wins through. While agassi revealed that he tested positive for meth, shields revealed that his problems with the drug went much further. Andre agassi denies he came clean about his drug taking in order to boost his book sales photo.
Andre agassi is a retired professional tennis player best known for his strong, smart playing style, which helped him win numerous championships throughout the 1990s. Agassi first revealed his meth addiction in a bombshell memoir of his own open revealing his descent into drug use, as well as his take on the end of their twoyear marriage. Agassi, in extracts from his book serialized in the times, remembers receiving a phone call in 1997 from a doctor working for the atp who informed him that he had failed a drugs test. I dont know how open he has really been about his life im willing to take his word for it though, but one thing hes opened for sure is a big ol.