VIDEO: Martina Navratilova - Andre Agassi "Cheated The Game" With Drug Deception
Posted on Nov 09, 2009 @ 05:15AM
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova responded to Andre Agassi's claim she was lacking compassion, after she criticized the men's tennis star for admitting to using crystal methamphetamine during his career.
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"I am a compassionate person, as I proved this morning when I rescued a tree-frog from my sink and released it into the wild," she said with a sly smile.
Navratilova said Agassi's admission, in his new tell-all book, that he used crystal meth in 1997 puts him "up there with Roger Clemens," meaning he's admitting cheating after the fact. Agassi, on 60 Minutes Sunday, said he was taking recreational -- not performance-enhancing -- drugs, and that he deserved compassion, not condemnation, from his colleagues.
Navratilova clarified her words comparing Agassi to Clemens, whose past achievements have been put into question by drug-related controversies.
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"I was comparing Andre to Roger Clemens only because they both lied about having taken the drugs. I was never suggesting that Andre was taking performance-enhancing drugs, and that he was trying to cheat the game that way.
"It was the fact that he lied about it," Navratilova said. "He didn't own up to it and to me, he cheated the game in that respect."
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Agassi's tell-all, Open, hits stores Monday, November 9.
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Mar 15, 2009 @ 18:44
Martina needs good stiff C**K up her A**
Posted Tue, 11/10/2009 - 3:52am
SAD! Martina has many a ghost in her closet, and best she keep her mouth closed and enjoy the fame she's earned. Andre will survive...he's a good man!
Posted Mon, 11/09/2009 - 7:17pm
Martina should get a life...and stop trying to ride off the coat tails of Andre Agassi
Posted Mon, 11/09/2009 - 2:54pm
Martina should be subjected to gender testing and testosterone doping.
Posted Mon, 11/09/2009 - 11:08am