“I recommend it to everyone why why are you such a fan of that book it was incredible I mean well I was a fan of Andre Agassi just in anyways I had read an interview that he didn't stretch before competitions I never stretch before competitions like I just loved one just thought the guy was so cool and he he had like the white Lamborghini with the headband just yeah and I just remember seeing that as a kid again this guy's he's got go he's got something like he's doing it right you know and I just I just thought he was so great and I remember after the Olympics we got a phone call from Steffi Graf and my my team manager for the company was like gee I just got off the phone with Steffi Graf like Andre is a huge fan he wants you to come out and you know have a hangout during his birthday and go snowboarding so we became friends after that it was really great and so he sent me the book when it came out I was like oh this is great I read the book and man I really enjoyed the book it was so amazing to hear his story and his kind of like struggle of not enjoying this board and and and then finally finding his love for it and I don't know it's just an interesting way he told the story and I compared so many things of that to my life and and and I think that the part that I enjoy the most is that once he realized that his life wasn't tennis and that it was his family and it was his foundation he actually played better he stopped he got that little bit of like I don't care I'm gonna play my heart out I'm gonna go home to people that love me and people that you know care about me and and that was something that I've always felt my whole life is that like I snowboard for sure I love it I do it but that's not my life I mean my life is as many things it's that's one great amazing facet of my life but that's that was something that I was like wow you know I really relate to that because when I come home I have a whole different you know world of friends and things that I'm interested in and music and art and you know all these things and so I really enjoyed that part of it and how open and honest he would obviously book open how honest he was about everything”

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