Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi was a world class tennis player during the 90's and the early 00's. He admitted in his book Open that he used crystal meth during the 1997 season. This was obviously a poor decision and one that led him to wasting the 1997 tennis season. He says in the book that he "tanked" the semi-final match of the Australian Open in January of 1997 against Michael Chang just because he didn't want to play Boris Becker in the final. Andre made a very poor decision by using meth and this decision could have cost him his career. His decisions in 1997 led to his downfall in the rankings and his loss of integrity amongst the fellow competitors and friends in the locker room. The story of Oedipus is also like this. Oedipus murders the former king of Thebes and he in the process becomes the king Thebes. He also sleeps with his mother and fulfills the tragic prophecy laid out for him by one of the Greek gods. Oedipus's decisions cost him is crown as king and Andre's decision cost him an entire tennis season. These two men are great examples of how the choices we make in life can either lead to great success or terrible misery like the misery experienced by these two men. Both men made terrible choices in life and choices that shaped their future.