Does Agassi Relate to Kipling’s Poem Andre Agassi is a professional tennis player that had quite an erratic career, thus making him a “man” in Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”. For example, the quotes, “ If you can make one heap of all your winnings, and risk it all on one pitch-and-toss… and start again at your beginnings,” from the poem, “If”relates to the quote “He took gold medal in men’s singles at the 1996 Olympics… he suffered early round losses in the U.S and Australian Opens… He continued to use crystal meth...He began a tournament and ranked 13th in the world after the failed drug test,” from the article ,”From Tragedy to Triumph.” This ties back to my claim due to the fact that Agassi was ranked top 10 in the world, but soon “risked