interest in boxing and tennis, and mike agassi, who taught andre how to play tennis, gave kirk some early lessons, so i they became good friends and some of that friendship is monitored through the story in the book, but mike agassi was working at the mgm grand when the fire -- he was an employee of the hotel when the fire came, and was out of work. kirk privately delivered his paycheck every month, had the vice president of finance deliver the -- mike's monthly salary to his door so that he was taken care of until the hotel re-opened. so, the loyalty worked both ways. mike was loyal to kirk and kirk was loyal to mike and it's little known that andre agassi's middle name is kirk. andre kirk agassi is the most famous of -- one of hoe most famous tennis players in the world, and kirk, his middle name wasn't an accident. that's symbol of love and friendship. >> so we have a couple questions from the audience about his relationship with his family. i think in the introduction you said you did not enter interview the family because maybe talk about relationship between him and his kids, h

agassi family. how did he view friendships and how did they develop over time in your mind? >> he valued his friends as treasurers and showed it in many ways. to this moment, he loves kirk and they met when mike was a waiter in las vegas. they had a common interest in boxing and tennis. mike agassi who taught andrei how to play tennis gave him some early lesson, so they became good friends and some of that is monitored in the story in the book, but he was working at the mgm grand and was an employee when the fire came. when he delivered his paycheck every month they have the money to finance the monthly salary to his door so that he was taken care of until the hotel reopened so the loyalty worked both ways. it was little knowthere was lits middle name is kirk. andrew kirk agassi is one of the most famous in the world. his middle name was not an accident. it was a symbol of love and friendship. >> we have a couple of questions in the audience about the relationship with his family. you said you didn't interview the family that maybe you can talk about the relationship between him and his kids. he was married four times, but the second wife, they were married for almost 3