You Cannot Be Serious

An interesting insight into the great tennis player's background and mental processes. Although I am generally sympathetic towards him and regard him now as an outstanding commentator, the book is in places a bit overly defensive and self-justificatory, e.g. he still cannot seem to accept he might ever have been wrong about a linecall.

September 17.
Just finished it and I really enjoyed reading about all the tennis players back in the days. I was always rooting for McEnroe while my mom wanted Borg to win.
Never was a fan of Ivan Lendl. Interesting read. He is not as mean about Tatum as she was about him in her book.
I do think reading this what a miserable sod is this guy. He appears to be never happy. Not when he won, not when he was married. I wanted to read more about his life with Tatum, about his own drug use, and hers!. It was all superficial and that is why I prefer biographies instead of autobiographies.
I do give it an 8 just because I like to read the stories of back in the days. Hope there is another book about him not written by McEnroe.

Oh and by the way, show more what a jealous guy he is. He does not even want his own brother to win? geez. And every time he lost he had an excuse, fog, referee, Connors, etcetera. show less

Excellent and insightful autobiography by John McEnroe. This follows McEnroe's tennis career and life beyond in pretty good detail. No doubt it's biased, but being a McEnroe fan, I didn't mind. He does not paint himself a picture of perfection and instead offers up some introspective thoughts on who he is, events that shaped him, and what has been his life.

McEnroe comes off as extremely intelligent and thoughtful, both traits I like in a person and a book. There is something for everyone in this book, whether you be a tennis fan, parent, or simply curious about the man behind the rants.

His top 10 changes for tennis, at the back of the book, are great as well. I wish the powers that be in tennis would take heed.

I loved this book. Was too much of a Lendl fan to appreciate McEnroe when he was at the peak of his playing powers, but this book is fascinating and very well done. Especially delightful are the mentions of players whose very existence I had forgotten about. I

If you're a tennis fan like myself, you'll really enjoy hearing about all his classic matches. If not, maybe not so much.

Love JM - for an autobiography it was fairly good.

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