‘Emerged This Very Burly Shaved Down Man’ – Showman Andre Agassi’s Love for ‘Cheeseburger’ Revealed in Unexpected Confession by Renowned American Sportswriter

Andre Agassi is one of the few players in history who can claim the title of being one of the legendary figures of the sport. Agassi won eight grand slams and stands at number 10 on the all-time list for most major titles. While the American tennis legend has reached a level few will ever reach, he had many struggles in his life. One of his issues was his diet, as he would go on binges of junk food. This era in Agassi’s life was documented by a renowned sports reporter.

While Agassi struggled with diet at one point in his life, he also had an issue with addiction to methamphetamine. His addiction, as his ex-wife, Brooke Shields, postulated, could also be the reason for Agassi having an outburst and destroying his trophies. However, even before that dark period in his life and career, Agassi had to overcome his habit of munching on junk food.

Andre Agassi had a horrific diet

Sally Jenkins, the famed sportswriter, was featured on a podcast of Passion Struck with John R. Miles. In the podcast, she shared insights from her new book, “The Right Call”. She also discussed the time she spent with the eight-time grand slam champion. 

Jenkins recalled that when she first met Agassi and recounted his harrowing diet. “When I first knew him, he’d go to Chili’s and order half the menu, cheeseburgers and fries and the whole deal.” Such a diet would be damaging to anyone; for a sports person, it would be detrimental on a career-ending level. 

However, he eventually changed his diet plans as he ate more sensibly and trained harder. Jenkins also talked about where he would go for runs and how he changed later on. 

“And we got to a point where he ate more sensibly, trained really hard. He was running Sandy hills in the Vegas desert until he threw up literally. And he emerged this very burly shaved down man. He never lost his showmanship, but he had real substance behind it.”

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The diet change was done when his nutritionist, Gil Reyes, and Agassi himself began wondering about the impact of diet on health. This change took place in the early 1990s. Post the new diet, Agassi won all eight of his slams. While one can argue that Agassi was a great player regardless, his career statistics tell a different story.

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