A couple of old-school tennis rivals played a charity match, Andre Agassi teamed with Rafael Nadal, while Pete Sampras teamed with Roger Federer.
The trash-talking took an ugly detour real fast.
Sampras decided to imitate Agassi’s famous walk to lighten the mood a bit. Andre didn’t seem to care for it one bit.
From that point, Agassi got personal and talked about Sampras being a lousy tipper, a fact he discussed in his recent book (below). Pete took offense and tried to nail Andre with a serve.
Pete could easily have brought up how Andre threw away 4 years of his life on drugs, but he opted to take the high road.
As usual, Sampras found a way to defeat Agassi.
Check out both of their books, and the video below:
Andre Agassi: “Open: An Autobiography”
Pete Sampras: “A Champion’s Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QSK9t6OrgU
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