Manyebook

My Aces, My Faults

From Nick Bollettieri's tempestuous relationships with #1 ranked players Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Jim Courier and Boris Becker, to fascinating off-court anecdotes about numerous other tennis personalities, Bollettieri delivers the ultimate book on professional tennis.This is the dramatic story of Nick Bollettieri's remarkable life, from law school to lawn tennis, from teaching pro for the Rockefeller family to director of the most successful tennis academy in the world. It is also a relentlessly candid story. Nick knows that he is compulsive, obsessive, brash, egocentric and vain. He works as hard on his tan as he does on his pupils' forehands. Above all, this is the story of a man who loves a challenge, who learns from defeat, a master motivator, a shrewd strategist, a gifted teacher. It is the story of a winner.From a man who has been at the center of professional tennis for decades, this book provides a remarkable portrait of the tennis world: where tennis has come from, what the game is now in the 1990s and where it is headed in the future.People called the book a whirlwind tour of the tennis world. Tennis raved that it was a riveting read, and Booklists stated, With tennis continuing to grow in popularity, there are sure to be many fans eager to read about how he's done it.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 346
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780380787234
  • Release date
  • 1997