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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.

According to the Daily News, the eight-time Grand Slam champion admits using the illicit drug in 1997, the year he married Brooke Shields and went into a career slump that didn't end until 1999.

After pulling out of that slump, Agassi went on to win five Grand Slams and became only the fifth player to complete the career Slam. He has been heavily involved in charity work since retirement, opening his own charter school and championing educational reform throughout the country.


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[quote]Quote OspreyGirl: 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.

According to the Daily News, the eight-time Grand Slam champion admits using the illicit drug in 1997, the year he married Brooke Shields and went into a career slump that didn't end until 1999.

After pulling out of that slump, Agassi went on to win five Grand Slams and became only the fifth player to complete the career Slam. He has been heavily involved in charity work since retirement, opening his own charter school and championing educational reform throughout the country.


sports.yahoo.com/ten/blog/busted_racquet/post/Report-Agassi-says-he-used-crystal... /> He certainly is NOT the only athlete to ever have used drugs and I'm sure he won't be the last. While it is very good for him to come "clean" about his drug use I question the timing? Was it put into the book to sell more books because it is shocking or is he really trying to help kids learn something? I will say that I have always enjoyed him as a tennis player and I applaud his efforts for quitting such a powerful drug and resurrecting his career because the meth sure didn't enhance his career in any way. Is his effort any different than the multitude of athletes that are now or in the past have or are still using preformance enhancing drugs? Athletes have been stripped of their prize monies, awards, medals, and prize monies and some are saying(on the PRO CIRCUIT)that AA should return his prize monies and GRAND SLAM wins because he LIED to the TENNIS FEDERATION when he tested positive for meth. What do ya'll think?

Hey ClicQ--I'm questioning his motives too...why bring the book out right now? I saw him on the cover of People with his wife Stefi Graf a week ago too.

I also heard him on NPR a few days ago, and was like, dang he's got a deep voice on the radio...I was like, 'is this Barry White's third cousin or something?'

He keeps saying how much he hated tennis growing up because his father pushed it on him....but, when he became an adult, couldn't he have told his dad to kick rocks 'imma do what I want to do?'