阿格西在想什麼？ - 網球 Tennis

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‧ On Sampras: Agassi says Sampras "sounds more robotic than" a parrot. At
his depths, Agassi thinks: "I envy Pete's dullness. I wish I could emulate
his spectacular lack of inspiration, and his peculiar lack of need for
inspiration." Agassi tells of betting coach Brad Gilbert about how much
Sampras tipped a parking valet; they ask the valet, who says $1; Agassi's
conclusion: "We could not be more different, Pete and I."


*談到Sampras: 他說Sampras"比鸚鵡還呆"
"我真忌妒Pete的遲鈍 我希望自己也能像他一樣缺乏靈感 還有他根本不需要靈感的特質"
他說他曾經跟Brad Gilbert打賭Sampras會給泊車小弟多少小費
結果他才給了一塊錢 Agassi的結論是"我跟Pete不能再有更多不同之處了"

‧ On Chang: "He thanks God -- credits God -- for the win, which offends me.
That God should take sides in a tennis match, that God should side against
me, that God should be in Chang's box, feels ludicrous and insulting. I beat
Chang and savor every blasphemous stroke." When Chang wins the 1989 French
Open, Agassi thinks, "I feel sickened. How could Chang, of all people, have
won a slam before me?"

*談到張德培: "他總是感謝上帝 把勝利歸於上帝 這冒犯了我
如果上帝就在網球場邊 那祂應該是坐在我的對面 搞不好就坐在張德培的包廂裡
這感覺很可笑而且像是侮辱 每次打敗他我都享受這種褻瀆"
當張德培在1989拿下法網 "我覺得很噁心 這麼多人 為什麼就是他比我先拿到大滿貫?"

‧ On other opponents: Agassi writes about holding grudges against Becker
(who Agassi says blew kisses at Shields during a match), Jim Courier, Thomas
Muster, Yevgeni Kafelnikov, Jeff Tarango (who Agassi says cheated during a
match between them when Agassi was 8).

關於其他對手 他寫到了Becker.Courier.Muster.Kafelnikov.Tarango

‧ On "tanking": Agassi says he lost on purpose against Chang in the
Australian Open semifinals one year so he wouldn't have to face Becker in the
final, writing: "It's almost harder than winning. You have to lose in such a
way that the crowd can't tell." He also says of sports writers: "They never
get it right. When I tank, they say I'm not good enough; when I'm not good
enough, they say I tank."

*關於讓球: Agassi說他故意在澳網四強輸給張德培過
這樣他就不用在決賽對上Boris Becker
"打假球比贏球還難過 你得輸的讓觀眾無話可說" 他還講了網球記者
"他們從來沒說對 當我打假球 他們說我只是打不夠好 當我打的不好 他們說我故意輸的"

‧ On his fake hair: Of the 1990 French Open final, Agassi writes, "Warming
up before the match, I pray. Not for a win, but for my hairpiece to stay on."

*關於假髮: 在1990法網決賽 Agassi說
"在熱身的時候我祈禱 但是我不是為了贏球禱告 我是禱告希望假髮不會掉下來"

‧ On the 1999 French Open final, which he won to complete a career Grand
Slam: "I've already obsessed about this tournament for the last 10 years. I
can't bear the idea of obsessing about it for another eighty. ... If I don't
win this thing right now, I'll never be happy, truly happy, again."

*關於1999法網決賽 他終於拿下並且完成生涯大滿貫
"我已經被這個比賽困擾十年了 我不敢想像再忍受八十年
如果我現在不贏下來 我這輩子都不會真正開心"


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