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In the 1990s, there was no bigger coach in tennis than Nick Bollettieri. A charismatic motivator with an oversized ego, he also had a gift for molding raw talent into champions. At his lauded tennis academy, he launched the careers of tennis legends like Jim Courier, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, Serena and Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Anna Kournikova. By his count, 180 grand slam titles would come out of players he coached. But his crown jewel was Andre Agassi. Simon Bruty/Getty Coming to Bollettieri's school as a teenager, Agassi instantly caught the coach's eye because he was different. His attitude, his game, it all just shouted superstar. Bollettieri, yearning to be a star himself,
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