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Brilliant!(Rating: 5)
Brilliant! I could not put this book down. Andre Agassi's memoir humanized him, and just like any other ordinary citizen, he had his ups and his downs. Who would have thought that such an extraordinary tennis player had his own insecurities, just like the rest of us. The writing style was superb, and guaranteed to keep the reader enthralled page after page.

Very Enjoyable(Rating: 5)
I am not a tennis fan, although I would occasionally watch a little during the time Agassi played. I did not know much about him, but I did find his story very interesting and enjoyable, and would recommend it to anyone. Coincidently, I did not realize until the end that the ghostwriter was J. R. Moehringer, whose book Tender Bar I had just finished prior to starting Open. Also a recommended read.

Buy it!(Rating: 5)
An excellent read. Great book for anyone who watched Agassi play, or for anyone who wants to try and understand the rigors of being a champion.

What a fun read...(Rating: 5)
This is the first autobiography of a world athlete that I read and I am not disappointed at all. I have to say I give a lot of credit to J.R. Moehringer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who helped shape the book. Agassi gave credit to Moehringer himself in the Afterward. All that said Agassi's personality shines through the letters. He's very, very open about his personal life in all aspects. The reader get to see and 'feel' all the behind the scene of his life. In some way the reading was almost like a fiction. The book definitely helps you get to know Agassi (and like him) better. The tone is sincere and open..just like the title of the book! If you're going to read only a few autobiographies of top tennis players, I highly recommend this to be one among those few. The book got to me so much that I continued on to read Sampras's autobiography, A Champion's Mind.

A Winner(Rating: 4)
A brutally frank biography that is easy to enjoy even if you don't follow the game. What's astounding is how long Agassi played, while actually hating the sport. And if you ever saw any of the matches he played it gives you amazing insight into what was actually going through his head half the time.