The scoreboard said I lost today.
But what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found.
Over the last 21 years, I've found loyalty.
You've pulled for me on the court and also in life.
I've found inspiration.
You have willed me to succeed.
Sometimes even in my lowest moment.
I've found generosity.
You've given me your shoulders to stand on...
To reach for my dreams.
Dreams I could never be reach without you.
Over the last 21 years, I've found you.
And I will take you and the memory of you with me....
For the rest of my life.
Thank you.

                                  -- Andre Agassi, 2006/9/3, at the U.S. Open