Andre Agassi with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes 2

Part 2 of Katie Couric’s interview with Andre Agassi on 60 Minutes, CBS, aired yesterday, 8th November, 2009. Andre just released his book, Open, which is an Autobiography where he said “He hated tennis.” I love Andre as a man, as a player, as a gentleman, as a father but never in my wildest dream that I can believe him using drugs. I don’t know what forced him to write his confession, it’s like he killed his name and for all to condemn him. But, it takes courage to be as honest as he showed the world through his book. I still admire him regardless what others would like to say. John 8.32 “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – danlex101 / Kris Kros ( www.kriskrosphotography.com ) __________________ Andre Agassi responds to critics of his drug use with a plea for compassion, telling Katie Couric that he “needed help” when he used methamphetamine while feeling depressed in 1997. Agassi got emotional when responding to the criticism from Martina Navratilova that Couric read to him, including that the former women’s tennis star compared him with Roger Clemens. “Yeah, it’s what you don’t want to hear. I would hope along with that would come some compassion that maybe this person doesn’t need condemnation,” Agassi tells Couric. “Maybe this person could stand a little help. Because that was at a time in my life when I needed help.” “I had a problem and there might be many other athletes out there that test positive for recreational drugs that have a …
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