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Agassi Interview

Andre Agassi is shown after losing to Patrick Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1997, the year he failed a drug test.File  (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Andre Agassi is shown after losing to Patrick Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1997, the year he failed a drug test.File (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Andre Agassi is shown after losing to Patrick Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1997, the year he failed a drug test.

In an interview on 60 Minutes, Agassi said, "...hating tennis was a deep part of my life for a long, long time." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/05/60minutes/main5537569.shtml

His story isn't that different from many child prodigies. I wonder about parents who push their children so hard.

How long would you stay in a job you hated?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.