Agassi admits use of crystal meth

Azagoth · 28 Oct 2009 at 13:59

I very much doubt that Andre Agassi, the multi-millionaire, was out at night mugging old ladies and robbing people's houses to fund his so called 'habit'.

Raymond Lin · 28 Oct 2009 at 14:06

Who cares, this is 20 years ago.

And remember, he has a book out...this is a publicity stunt, he want you to buy his book.

semi-pro waster · 28 Oct 2009 at 14:07

The lie is the thing that bothers me about it, I'm less interested in someone taking a non-performance enhancing drug (which coincided with his dip in form more or less). If it had been a performance enhancing drug then I'd have an issue with it, as it is my problem with it stems from the denial.

Vonhelmet · 28 Oct 2009 at 14:07

Azagoth said:
I very much doubt that Andre Agassi, the multi-millionaire, was out at night mugging old ladies and robbing people's houses to fund his so called 'habit'.

That wasn't the point I was arguing and well you know it.

B@Th*nG · 28 Oct 2009 at 14:59

feel quite sorry for him really, it's obviously troubled him a fair bit. It hasn't dimmed my opinion of him anyways, we're all human.

I'm sure he knew the implications of putting it in his book as well so those sort of comments are a bit of a non-entity.

B@

shauncr91 · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:01

lakitu said:
Your all obviously recreational drug users who think it's OK to take class A's

Obvious troll is obvious.

^TANK^ · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:06

Azagoth said:
I very much doubt that Andre Agassi, the multi-millionaire, was out at night mugging old ladies and robbing people's houses to fund his so called 'habit'.

True but he was buying it off of a dealer, there for funding crime. Either way I couldn't give a monkeys toss.

Energize · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:07

semi-pro waster said:
The lie is the thing that bothers me about it, I'm less interested in someone taking a non-performance enhancing drug (which coincided with his dip in form more or less). If it had been a performance enhancing drug then I'd have an issue with it, as it is my problem with it stems from the denial.

Amphetamines do enhance cognotive and physical performance, one of the reasons they are used in the military.

arknor · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:08

apeZ said:
I don't really care, if he wants to snort stuff, he can go ahead and snort it.

yea couldnt really give a crap, he can be snorting ants for all i care

B@Th*nG · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:10

Energize said:
Amphetamines do enhance cognotive and physical performance.

in the short term, ye. But i doubt he was on it while playing and the after effects produce results which i'd hardly call world beating

B@

^TANK^ · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:10

lakitu said:
Your all obviously recreational drug users who think it's OK to take class A's

No we're just not that ignorant and live in the real world

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Energize · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:15

B@Th*nG said:
in the short term, ye. But i doubt he was on it while playing and the after effects produce results which i'd hardly call world beating

You never know, quite a few athletes have died using stimulants in sport such as Tom Simpson.

Secret_Window · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:19

Althetes looking to 'up' their performance nearly always tend to look to drugs for the answer, it's not really uncommon.

asim18 · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:22

lakitu said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8329193.stm
Have to say I'm suprised by this. And why would you admit this?

Why are you surprised? Did you think celebrities cant get high?

Barack Obama used to smoke weed according to Wikipedia. I wasn't surprised at all.

craptakular · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:38

Why is this news?

Participant · 28 Oct 2009 at 15:44

Secret_Window said:
Althetes looking to 'up' their performance nearly always tend to look to drugs for the answer, it's not really uncommon.

'Nearly always tend to'?!

semi-pro waster · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:02

Energize said:
Amphetamines do enhance cognotive and physical performance, one of the reasons they are used in the military.

Weird, I'm pretty sure he was performing about as poorly as he'd ever played at the rough time he has admitted to taking them. If he was taking it as a performance enhancer then it absolutely sucks for that.

Energize said:
You never know, quite a few athletes have died using stimulants in sport such as Tom Simpson.

If memory hasn't failed me Tom Simpson was a cyclist competing in the Tour De France decades ago and he wasn't just taking stimulants, he was also taking brandy as part of a mixture that was thought to aid performance. I'm not sure how directly that relates to Andre Agassi taking crystal meth on a very limited number of occasions and not with any performance improvement apparantly in mind.

~>Dg<~ · 28 Oct 2009 at 16:04

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