Andre Agassi- 20 years

Just look at this man. Has any one in the history of sport stood their lives on it's head as much as Andre Agassi? Tiger Woods changed his swing, allright. And then there was the shooter who taught himself to shoot with his left hand after losing the right. And won an Olympic medal. But Agassi lost his hair and went from a decade of wild haired punk-dom and Kournikova-ness to All time Great in a matter of months. At the ripe old sporting age of twenty eight. On the back of a shot marriage. He'd already made his zillions in endorsements. He could have just walked away. But no, he decided to grow up. How difficult is it to do that at 28, when you've been running away all your life? Sure, Ken Rosewall played a Slam final at almost 40, but Ken was virtually injury free. And playing in an era of wooden rackets and genteel serves. Did he have to return to Mark Philippousis serving at 140 mph? No.

Did Frau Graf have something to do with it? Probably.

Was there a more awesome sight in tennis than this bald, superbly conditioned, thirtysomething father of two returning a Pete Sampras serve for a winner down the line? Not for me.

Good ol' Andre and his bad back. What a life!

And what a couple! Watch out for those kids. I hear they eat tennis balls for breakfast.