I think we know now Agassi's "image as everything" was in direct relation to his mental health issues and a lot of it was tempered by the time they married.
P.S. Can we take out the quotation marks out of the title of this thread? I don't think that was the intention, but it's pretty insulting.
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The 'Mental Health' of Athletes...
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Re: The 'Mental Health' of Athletes...
I, personally, have always viewed Agassi as a phony - even well after his flamboyant 'image is everything' stage (which was clearly born of his personal insecurity).mmmm8 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:22 pm I think we know now Agassi's "image as everything" was in direct relation to his mental health issues and a lot of it was tempered by the time they married.
P.S. Can we take out the quotation marks out of the title of this thread? I don't think that was the intention, but it's pretty insulting.
I saw his later persona (as the 'respectable elder statesman' of tennis) to be quite consistent with his 'image is everything' motto - that being the image he wished to convey at that time in his life.
In the early 90s, a tour umpire said to me "When Agassi first came on the tour, he was telling everyone about Jesus Christ. A year later, he had completely forgotten who Jesus Christ was, and everything was about himself."
As for the single quotation marks of 'mental health', I put them for the same reason I put 'social media' and other things in single quotation marks - because they are 'catch phrases'. Even 'catch phrases' is a 'catch phrase'. That's simply the way I write.
You can interpret it in whichever manner you wish - but that is the honest reason why I did it.
Also, 'mental health' can encompass many, many different and varied aspects and elements, which is another reason for the single quotation marks.
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