The Agassy Story
By: Mike Agassi with Dominic Cobello and Kate Shoup Welsh
Believe me, I know what it feels like to be on the outside. I’ve spent the better part of my life on the fringes. I was born in Persia later called Iranin 1930 to Armenian parents, a Christian in an overwhelmingly Muslim country. I remained an outsider in America, where I emigrated at age 21 with almost no money and even less English. My outsider status was cemented when, years later, my kids began playing competitive tennis. To the other parents, I was an appallingly middle-class Armenian casino worker from Las Vegasby way of Tehran, trying to involve my kids in the ultimate upperclass sport. Today, however, I am on the inside. I have an all-access pass to the 2002 Men’s Finals of the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe stadium, a match in which my son Andre is competing against his long-time rival, Pete Sampras. [download]
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