


Seeing Andre live seemed like a strange coincidence because I had only just finished reading his book “Open” a few weeks prior. Why settle for mediocre? Everything we go through in life is our choice, and we can achieve whatever we want as long as we make fabulous choices. The final mantra that Andre described, which hit me in the face like a cold shower, was that “Instead of surviving, we should learn to thrive.” In fact, it could be argued that his problems were even worse than the average person’s. As it turns out, he suffered the same challenges as normal people do. The part of Andre’s interview that most resonated with the audience was when he said that, “we all live different experiences but our lives are the same.”Īndre’s life could easily be perceived as the ultimate experience. The deeper the conversation became with Andre on stage, the more apparent it became that he believed that success was about how you went about life. 1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFar more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.
