My Aces, My Faults
The controversial tennis coach recounts the many professional players he has helped develop, and explains why some players now disavow his role in their success
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Nick Bollettieri is the Vince Lombardi of tennis, the most successful coach in the history of the game, and the most controversial. He has coached Monica Seles, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and Boris Becker, all of whom have been ranked No. 1 in the world.How does he do it? How does a 65-year-old former paratrooper who never played tennis himself develop champion after champion? How does he nurture a troubled teenager like Andre Agassi and coax him into stardom? How does he revive the career of a fading Boris Becker?How does Bollettieri feel when he sits at courtside and watches Agassi Becker in a stunning semi-final at Wimbledon? How does he feel when Monica Seles and Andre Agassi both dismiss his sizable contributions to their careers? How does he feel when John McEnroe snaps, "Nick Bollettieri doesn't know anything about tennis"?My Aces, My Faults is the dramatic story of Nick Bollettieri's remarkable life, from law school to lawn tennis, from teaching pro for the Rockfeller 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 works on his pupil's forehands; he is as proud of his gleaming teeth and his sparkling sunglasses as he is of his championship banners. He knows, too, that his tireless pursuit of success has contributed to the break-up of each of his five marriages.
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