Agassi says peers should not be so critical of his drug phase.Byline: ANI New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Nov. 9 (ANI): While former tennis champion Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. understands the criticism coming his way from peers like Roger Federer “Federer” redirects here. For other uses, see Federer (disambiguation). Roger Federer (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɹɑ.dʒəɹ ˈfɛ.də. , Rafael Nadal and Martina Navratilova for admitting in his autobiography that he did drugs, he also says that they need not be so harsh. "It's what you don't wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? hear, but when somebody takes a performance inhibitor, a recreational drug rec·re·a·tion·al drug n. A drug used nonmedically for personal enjoyment. recreational drug Substance abuse Any agent–most have significant psychotropic effects–used without medical indications or ... The one thing that I would hope is not that there aren't rules that need to be followed, but along with that would come some compassion that maybe this person doesn't need condemnation. Maybe this person could stand a little help. And I had a problem. And there might be many other athletes out there that test positive for recreational drugs that has a problem. So I would I would ask for some compassion," he said. "Regardless of how somebody else would perceive the life I've lived, the fact that I perceived it that way and found a way to get through I think is a hopeful, inspirational story," he replied. Getting a second chance, he took it, pouring himself back into the game. At an age when most tennis careers are winding down, his was winding up. At 29, he won the French Open, only the fifth man in tennis history to win every grand slam title. In the span of 18 months, he went from being ranked 141 in the world back to number one. It was one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. And it showed. His career would roll on for another seven years. At the 2006 U.S. Open, accompanied by his wife and two children, he was 36. His body was giving out and he knew it would be his last tournament. Everyone did. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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