Just before I got down here I had a chance to see Agassi play another game and he smoked another player, which was nice to see. Someone who a lot of people thought couldn't come back and now he's winning.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique.
Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?
In my era, where I'm from, I only had Donald Whiteside. He's from Englewood and he's the only one that came out of Englewood. Other than him, I really didn't have anyone else to look up to that was from my area. So in seeing him, I never gave up hope, just kept playing and then I realized that I might have a future in basketball.
I still don't think the world has seen the best Andre Ward. Initially, I just wanted to get in there and win.
My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.
I loved playing Darla.
I want to be able to be looked back on and know that he was one of the greats in the game.
I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.
I never thought we'd catch him, and when I saw he was ready to drop I felt sorry for him. I wanted to show it's not true I'm trying to win it all. My goal is the Tour of Spain.