Publisher's Synopsis
The Agassi Story is Mike Agassi's own account of his family's story, presenting a wealth of new insights into his famous son Andre's life. It follows the story of Mike's childhood in the streets of Tehran, his career as an Olympic boxer, his immigration to America first to Chicago, and later to Las Vegas, where he coached tennis and groomed his children to become sporting dynamos. But his teachings came with a high price, and tensions between Mike and his children threatened to pull the family apart. With his youngest child, Mike managed to instil his own revolutionary style into Andre's game. Once a flamboyant rebel and easily rattled, Andre's marriage to Steffi Graf and his incredible comeback as world number one at the ripe old tennis age' of 33, has dramatically changed him into a calm, composed, humble tennis champion. Previously untold stories illuminate this rags-to-riches account of an athletic, talented American family. The Agassi Story is a heart warming story of father and son, their turbulent relationship, and ultimate reconciliation. Mike Agassi is a two-time Olympian and has spent the last 40 years living in Las Vegas with his wife Betty.;His three other children Rita, Phillip, and Tami also had respectable tennis careers.
