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By Andre Agassi (2009)
Pages: 386, Final verdict: Great-read
What kind of leadership lesson can you take from a book about a tennis player who spent most of his career playing by himself on the court?
Open takes a very personal trip through Agassi's life from early childhood to his final professional game in the US Open of 2006.
Growing up to be No.
1 (and hating it)
Agassi grew up in Las Vegas and was from early on coached by his father to become a professional tennis player.
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He recalls how he spent all his afternoons on the Agassi's family backyard court, hitting balls against a machine built by his father, Mike Agassi. 'The dragon', as they named the machine, would shoot up the tennis balls against Andre, on a court with a net raised 6 inches above regulation, for a tougher practice.
'Hit harder' - Mike Agassi would yell, as the seven year old Andre hit his daily quota of 2,500 balls.
As he was forced to practice tennis during all his childhood, Andre Agassi saw it ta