#411 Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi
Books Mentioned
“This is the book that over the years has been the most requested for me to cover on the podcast. I had a hard time putting it down. It turns out it is as good as everybody told me that it was.”
“Brad Jacobs has this great line in the book that he wrote, which is called How to Make a Few Billion Dollars, and he says, so much of success in business comes from keeping your head in a good place.”
“Andre is looking for a new coach. And his friend says, hey, why don't you check out this guy? He's just written a book about tennis. It's called Winning Ugly.”
“During this time, he's reading Nelson Mandela's autobiography, and there's one of Nelson Mandela's favorite quotes that Andre would identify with and repeat to himself, I am master of my fate. I am captain of my soul.”
“JP says, And I don't think that fear ever goes away. I remember reading Rick Rubin's book like two weeks ago, and he was talking about one of the most famous musicians that he was working with.”