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    You cannot be serious

    I've just finished reading John McEnroe's book "You cannot be serious".

    It's a great book and I recommend it to anyone who's into tennis or reading biographies. You really get to see what happens during those pro tennis matches. Like little things that people tell each other during matches that the mikes might not pick up, stories from the ATP tour, Guillermo Vilas, Bjorn Borg, Vitas Gerulaitis, etc.

    I find his accounts of the different Davis Cup lets he's played extremely entertaining, especially one of the last ones where he was playing doubles with Pete Sampras.

    In other words, if you are looking for a good book to read during the summer, this one would be a good candidate.
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    • To not recognize the power of the French grip is to be in denial

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    The very first tennis match that I ever watched was with John McEnroe, and this was the 1992 Wimbledon, long after his prime!! I had heard of him all of my life because my grandmother has always been a tennis fan, long before I took up tennis in '92.
    ... without remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, [d'artagnan] went to bed and slept the sleep of the brave.
    - The Three Musketeers

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