Damn. Agassi and crystal meth.

[~~whimsy~~]

Tennis legend Andre Agassi reveals in his forthcoming autobiography "Open" that he used crystal meth during his playing career, Paul Bogaards, a spokesman for the book's publisher, confirmed to the New York Daily News on Tuesday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/blog/busted_racquet/post/Report-Agassi-says-he-used-crystal-meth-during-?urn=ten,198530

I honestly never would have thought that particular drug.

 

[Facetious]

I honestly never would have thought that particular drug.

Cocaine would have seemed to be more fitting for THEE REBEL huh ?
Andre, although very discilpined, sorta had a wild or way about him so I'm not really surprised about this news. Now, if it was Pete Sampras . . .:eek: :1orglaugh

 

[biomech]

Wow, crystal meth. I was not expecting that.
Not exactly a recreational type drug.

 

[lurkingdirk]

hard to believe he maintained a stellar career while using.

does this mean if I use meth, I'll have a career like agassi?

 

[tiger1977]

very surprising...like ya'll have already said, not the drug I would've thought he'd have been using

 

[JordanRules]

Agreed guys. Pretty surprising he chose crystal meth. I would of guessed pot.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Weed, cocaine, or black tar heroin. But not Meth! I mean, c'mon, he could have been this close to having Dog the Bounty Hunter kicking his door in, tackling him to the ground with some serious mace, cussing at him nonstop, and then say a prayer with him while driving him to jail before they let him out on bond!

Damn. That close! Don't do meth, kids!

 

[The Grasshopper]

Not only the above but I guess he also lied to the ATP to avoid harsh suspensions and sullying of his good name. Not to mention he hated tennis, I guess. His autobiography should have no problem with sales.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article6892979.ece

 

[Ernie Spud]

One of the best engineers I've worked with was a tweaker..... It's not that uncommon....

 

[titsrock]

Does Martina Hingis have a lawsuit on her hands? The WTA swept Agassi's drugs 'under the carpet' yet wanted to make a martyr out of her a couple of years ago

Why is it--in the U.S.--that the only time Tennis gets any headlines anymore is when a player comes up in a drug bust?

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Does Martina Hingis have a lawsuit on her hands? The WTA swept Agassi's drugs 'under the carpet' yet wanted to make a martyr out of her a couple of years ago

Why is it--in the U.S.--that the only time Tennis gets any headlines anymore is when a player comes up in a drug bust?

I know. It is few far and between, thing is, the sport is great! It is heavily watched, yet, somehow it is not taken like baseball or football or basketball is.

I see commercials around Grand Slam times for American being the French, US, and Wimbledon, but those commercials only show up on stations that are carrying the programming. Or the occasional sister-station.

 

[funkyman]

I've read that this drug is similar to pervitin, very popular drug in my country, it's real shit, I would never think that someone like Agassi would use something like this, but I don't care, all sportsmen can use every drug they want if it does not affect them while playing...

 

[GregCentauro]

What a surprise! Who would date Barbra Streisand when not stoned?

 

[darkwarrior3007]

Why is this a surprise? Crystal Meth is the party drug of choice.

 

[JacknCoke]

I prefer Heroin but to each his own.

 

[turtle825]

This is messed up.

 

[jasonk282]

Agreed guys. Pretty surprising he chose crystal meth. I would of guessed pot.

No he did not he was HORRIBLE when he was using.
he play 24 matches in 1997, won zero top-level titles and was ranked 141 in the world.

 

[feller469]

He knew his personal assistant was a crystal meth user and kept him as his assistant? he knew the guy would lace his sodas with crystal meth? He went from clean to doing crystal meth because he was sad?

somehow a lot of this "truth" does not add up.

Agassi is lucky he didn't end up like Len Bias

 

[jasonk282]

hard to believe he maintained a stellar career while using.

does this mean if I use meth, I'll have a career like agassi?

he was ranked 141 in the world and played in 24 matches and won zero top-level titles, while he was using in 1997. he did not use his entire carrer.

 

[Sicario]

Is that why he lost his hair? or was it because he was losing his hair he decided to crank on meth?



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