The Agassi lesson
Once known for his mullet hair and denim shorts, the bad boy of tennis is now changing the lives of a generation of American children.
Sunday Night guest reporter Edwina Bartholomew travels to Las Vegas to meet Andre Agassi, who after years of success on the court, says his latest project, the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, is his most satisfying.
Agassi opens up about the depression and the pain of his early years in tennis, his life with fellow legend Steffi Graf as well as his decision to bankroll a school in the poorest, crime-ridden suburb of Las Vegas. The school now boasts a 100 per cent pass rate with every single child going on to further education.
President Barack Obama is so impressed by what Agassi has achieved he’s spending half a billion dollars building more of the schools across America’s rough inner cities.
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For more on Agassi's school click here
If you’d like to see more of the films Agassi recorded about his life and career for the recent Jacob’s Creek ‘True Character’ campaign go to the Jacob's Creek Facebook page here.
