If you’re not fired up by mountaineering stories, then how about tennis?

A few years ago I picked up John McEnroe’s autobiography and Andre Agassi’s autobiography in my travels (I think perhaps at the book stall at Clifton Hill Primary School fete), and read them back-to-back over the Christmas holidays, a perfect preparation for the Australian Open in mid January.

These books are good to read as a pair because each player had such different experiences and managed their tennis careers and lives so differently. In essence McEnroe did it all by himself. Agassi built a tennis ‘family’ support structure around himself.

Read McEnroe’s first. Because his career ends as Agassi is ascending. Interesting and memorable if you are a tennis fan.