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Andre Agassi at book signing for "Open" at Wynn Las Vegas
Photo credit: DK Howe
Last night, November 9, 2009, Andre Agassi launched the release of his book Open: An Autobiography (Alfred A. Knopf; $28.95) at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. He kicked off the book release in Las Vegas vs. New York, the normal book-release launch pad, because Vegas is his hometown. “I want to introduce my book here in front of the people I love,” said Agassi. Sportswriter Rick Reilly led the tennis star through a relaxed, humorous conversation about his painful, victorious life.
Some of the evening’s more memorable quotes were:
Tennis: I didn’t learn to love tennis until I was 27 years old. At that stage of my life, it had taken away more than it had given.
Crystal Meth: Does anybody really understand the power of drugs when you choose to do them. Somebody offered me an escape and I took it. It destroys your choices.
Other people’s opinions about the revelations in his book: You’ve got to understand, I’ve spent many years of my own life disappointed in myself. I spent many years processing it. I don’t expect other people to process it right away.
Why the photo on the cover that Reilly compared to Mel Gibson’s mug shot: When you go through this process and you start to understand your life, you have to communicate it with your cover. What is this book about? For me, I can tell you what that is: the face of somebody who has been through a lot but still has a lot to go through.
Where does one find a mullet toupee: The Hair Club for Men is like a Vegas buffet.
His life today: What are you going to do with your mistakes? That’s the defining point in your life. I think we all do more with second chances than first chances. I fight for peace every single day and I win most days.
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