Overleg:Andre Agassi

Armeense afkomst

INSIDE TENNIS: Tell us about your new book

MICHAEL AGASSI: I knew so little about my grandparents, so I wrote the book for my children and grandchildren.

IT: You came directly to Chicago from Iran?

MA: No, I stayed on Ellis Island in New York for two or three weeks, and then went to Chicago.

IT : For many immigrants Ellis Island could be a harrowing experience.

MA: There was no one I could talk to. I didn't know English. I had to wait for my papers to go through. I was alone. I had $34 or $35. The bus ticket [to Chicago] was $22. When I reached Chicago, I had $2 in my pocket.

IT: What were you thinking on the bus as it went through Pennsylvania and Ohio?

MA: I didn't know where I was going. I saw the big American cities and thought of my country which was all desert with nothing but grain.

IT: Why did you leave Teheran?

MA: For a chance to go to school in Chicago. I went to the YMCA high school and Roosevelt University.

IT: How long did it take for you to become conversant in English?

MA: I still don't talk well.

IT: You speak beautifully. What do you know about your grandparents?

MA: My great great great great grandfather was Syrian. He married an Armenian woman. Their son married an Aremnian. Their son married an Armenian. Their son married an Armenian. My father married an Armenian.

Is het niet duidelijk genoeg dat Andre (AGASSI) Aghassian van armeense komaf? --Alecx 4 feb 2008 21:46 (CET)

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Op 28 oktober 2009 werd bekend dat Agassi tijdens zijn loopbaan de drug Chrystal Meth heeft gebruikt.[4] Tevens maakte hij bekend dat zijn woeste haardos een toupet was.[5] Die bekentenissen deed de Amerikaan in zijn in november 2009 uitgegeven autobiografie. In 1997 werd hij ook daadwerkelijk positief bevonden, maar toen wist hij de ATP ervan te overtuigen dat hij het niet opzettelijk had gebruikt. – De voorgaande bijdrage werd geplaatst door 145.18.95.63 (overleg · bijdragen) 9 apr 2015 17:00‎