Agassi was born and raised in Vegas. He spotted Becker's tell.

I can't believe this guy was a tennis champion, owns the UFC and sings for Disturbed in one lifetime. Inspirational.

Enjoying a beer at Octoberfest in Germany with Boris Becker would be a pretty righteous experience.

I clearly remember how unimpressed I was about Andre Agassi in his early years when he used to play to the crowd and stupidly lose a lot of big matches. Even his interviews in those times were very shallow. At that time, he went through the Brook Shields marriage and a lot of other soul-searching situations like the change of his service action, his drop in the tennis rankings, his fitness and change of image into his eventual rejuvenation and return. I could not believe the difference in his intelligence and focus when he returned. Even today, when I think about Andre Agassi I always remember the way he overhauled his whole mentality to life and the game of tennis, his fitness and respect and appreciation for the fans. When he eventually hooked up with his wife, Steffi Graf, that soft-spoken gentle giant on the court, I knew it was almost like a perfect hook-up, I felt so happy for him. What a contrast to his early idiosyncrasies into a gracious humble, intelligent human being and one of the greatest tennis players of our times.

This is BATMAN level detective work.

Never let the enemy know you've broken their cipher.

I am more fascinated as to how I can be watching a video of Agassi speaking about watching videos of Becker to reveal his tell, without one clip of Becker demonstrating this.

That level of mastery is just so amazing.

I loved this dude when he played Rock Star with the hair and tossing his shirts to the crowd. Then he switched gears and started winning. What a great asset to the game he has been.

Agassi was definitely in his head. I remember watching a lot of matches between them. You always knew Becker was losing it when he started talking to himself in German.

Still one of my favorite players ever, Andre Agassi. Thanks for sharing; loved your book as well

When Jordan put his tongue out you knew he was gonna dunk. Nothing you could do about that though ;)

What a cool story. These two guys (and a few others...) brought tennis to a level that made our family rush to the best seat of the couch. We knew there would be suspense, fun and passion. It was like going to the movies. For about 10 years, this dream team shot tennis to the clouds and brought kids and seniors together around the world. It wasnt just a game for us. It was a family affair. These were the golden years of tennis and I am happy I was a part of...even from the couch.

Too bad Pete didn't stick out his tongue.

Andre really had super-human sight to actually see Boris' tongue from over the baseline on the other side of the court. WOW!!!!

What a story ! Truly out of the ordinary

I met Andre once. He was an incredibly friendly, personable, down to earth guy.

Incredible story. Also in his book.

Very observant on Agassi's part to notice that Boris Becker gave away the direction of his serve by pointing his tongue in the direction he would hit the serve. It is amazing that both Becker's coach Gunther Bosch and his businrss manager Ion Tiriac failed to notice that and tell Boris to stop sticking his tongue out when he served so as to not tip off opponents as to the direction of his serve. Of course, Agassi's noticing that tendency on Becker's part is no different than a baseball batter noticing an idiosyncrasy in a pitcher's motion or preparation to throw a pitch which tips off the batter as to the type of pitch the pitcher will throw or the direction of the pitch.

Fascinating! Talent is not only about hitting the ball Andre has a mind of his own and one of a kind! Thanks for sharing!

I love you man. You got me into tennis. And my double backhand is all yours. Great youth memories.

Great story. Also, loved your cover of ”Sound of Silence”.

He was the greatest returner of serve in the game for a reason.

I loved this. Not a big tennis watcher but I always rooted for Agassi. Him telling this story is so funny. I wonder if anyone else picked up the tongue tell ?

so funny, and a valuable lesson

That's absolutely amazing!

I follow tennis at a casual enough level to be dangerous (meaning, I have watched Borg, Connors, McEnroe, Evert, Sampras, Navratilova, Agassi, Becker, Williams, Williams, Lendl, Sampras, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, et al) to appreciate that this level of candor and “inside” scoop is fascinating! Thank you for this insight.

Andre is being humble here. This tell didn't help him win his own service games or to win points after Boris hit his return of serve back. And Andre won more points without that tongue tell. He also did it against McEnroe without such a tell. So it has to be kept in perspective. He would have won without it too, I think.

all i wish is to turn back the time. beautiful years!

What a wonderful vid! Amazing to know these insights--that humans can problem solve on such a minute level!

You can tell Agassi is a very smart man. His vocabulary and eloquence is a step above.

Brilliant observation. Amazing how you came to figure that out. Good for you for being able to beat him with that knowledge.

Agassi was and is an underrated player. He revolutionized the sport.

Wow, that is awesome Andre.

Reminds me of Mike in Rounders when he spots Teddy's tell with the Oreos.

Funny story from a very likable tennis star. Glad that Steffi & Agassi are making it work, hope it continues.

wonderful Story :-)

That is a great story, thanks.

Very tongue in cheek.

masters of various racket sports have gone through these tiny little observations of an opponent that become game changers. 360 degree acute awareness skills. brilliant

Love it! Observation IS key.

amazing biography

This is awesome!

Lol. That's funny. And it makes sense to not break his serve at will. Because if he were to show that every time Becker serves, that he could return every single one, Becker might actually investigate himself to see what was going on. If he discovered it, he'd then throw Agassi for a loop. Because he'd probably use that against Agassi. Funny that Roddick mentioned something similar with Federer. Federer would use the distinctive aspect of his serve to sneak some aces past him. When Roddick finally countered, he mentioned that Federer gave him that look that says, "Oh. So you now know." Lol

LMAO 😂 of course the guy from Vegas spots the tell! Priceless!

Agassi's book called Open is probably the best book that you'll ever read about tennis. His father was borderline abusive to him growing up, forcing him to play tennis every day for hours. That's why Agassi has often said that he hates tennis, despite all of his success. Really eye-opening.

Wonderful.

The Agassi match I remember was in the french open final, he was playing Medvedev and Medvedev crushed Agassi for 2 sets, it wasn't even a match and in the 3rd set, Agassi started coming back. It was almost like watching Ali, I'll let you ware yourself out and then I'll start trying. Its too bad Agassi's back went out on him, he was an excellent player and good for the game.

Amazing assessment and mind control

Nice One Andre.. Xcellent

That’s why he is the greatest returner of the serve ever.

brilliant story

Still had to return the serve, Andre. No one did it better.

Hawk eyes ....to see his tongue so far

amazing

Game Theory at its best.

And Steffi learned my tongue action too.

I think Andre was one of the best, maybe the best returners of serve against anyone.

Brilliant move to only selectively read Becker's tell. It would have been tempting to just destroy Becker's serve, but that likely would have led Becker to investigate how he was anticipating him so well.

Funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time... it was fun to watch Boris crumble to Agassi in all those semifinals!

One if the greatest stories, told by one of the greatest tennis players, and men of my generation.

I want a rival that makes me chuckle like 2:32 🤣 cool story… master class!

Image... Is everything.

Andre looks like Dana White.

Agassi legend

Maybe. Of course it helps to be one of the best returners to ever play. Tongue-tell or not. Agassi was probably reading all of the body positions, toss, racquet position, etc. And it was probably instinctive.

Brilliant

Sampras once said the same thing. I wonder who noticed it first.

Enigma level stuff.

that's a fun little story

😄 Nice story

Wish he used this tactic more back in ‘95 Wimbledon semis.

He looks so different than any other time I’ve seen him throughout his life

such a nice man!

The real lesson here is that actually Boris deep down knew something was up and that he felt Agassi was reading his mind. But, didn't listen to his gut and dig deeper into what was going on!

Agassi, McEnroe, and Connors were my three favorite tennis players growing up. I have a lot of respect for the greatness of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic, but I LOVED tennis back in the 1980s and 1990s because Agassi, McEnroe, and Connors were just rock stars.

What a great story.

So smart!!

What a cool guy.

The greatest returner of all time...period.

Though Boris won that time in the Wimbledon semi final..!

This Video is hilarious. I had no idea that tennis could be like poker.

The best of all time

If only Edberg had come to know this secret!

Amazing... but the main question is : how could he possibly see his tongue from the other side of the court???????

Wow, he is smart one!!!! Cute now I have to say. A real man !!

I feel like Andre just watched 'Rounders' and is clowning us.

Only won the next 9 of 11? Jeez Becker must have been good to win two games against a guy who knew his serve!

what a cool story!

Funny observation.

Hahaha nice video

Great players.

Wow, smart guy!

Agassi has always been a very instinctual player, which helped his reflexes react so quickly, made it look easy

Funny story, Agassi and Becker were so entertaining

Great story. I remember a similar one. During WW2 Brits broke enigma (nazi’s cryptographic machine). Now, they could predict attacks and follow all nazi’s navy. So, the hardest part was to let go some attacks of nazi’s submarines and let a whole bunch of people die in order not to compromise their knowledge and do not let germans figure out that the enigma code was broken. Otherwise they would have simply changed all the codes in the navy and the British intelligence would have to start everything from the square one. They develop a very complex statistical model and they used it to counter-attack germans only at the specific events. Which finally let the Brits to break the nazi navy’s spine, but at the same time, protected to secret.

Genius

Damn Agassi DAMNNN

Learned his environment in Las Vegas.

lol Andre's voice got deep in this video