Andre Agassi: One Of A Kind
The focus and onus was on Andre Agassi, the archetypal pro, with his own unconventional virtuosity.
Rajgopal Nidamboor, PhD, is a wellness physician-writer-editor, independent researcher, critic, columnist, author and publisher. His published work includes hundreds of newspaper, magazine, Web articles, essays, meditations, columns, and critiques on a host of subjects, eight books on natural health, two coffee table tomes and an exhaustive treatise on Indian philosophy. He calls himself an irrepressible idealist. What Raj — as he's affectionately known — likes best is spending quality time with his family, close friends, and reading, writing, listening to music, watching cricket and old movies and practising mindful meditation. He lives in Navi Mumbai, India.
The focus and onus was on Andre Agassi, the archetypal pro, with his own unconventional virtuosity.
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