when you are born in las vegas its hard to resist a punt and tennis great andre agassi is every bit a las vegan as toi guest sports editor the flamboyant former world no 1 was bold enough to predict that serbian ace novak djokovic will surpass swiss maestro roger federers grand slam tally of 20 in india to support an inclusive literacy product agassi 48 took time out to share his thoughts on a wide range of subjectsexcerptswhat about education excites you and do tennis players miss out on it when theyre trying to turn proi dont know any sport where you can be the best in the world and not give up a third of your life to not prepare for two thirds of your life so as a result this is by definition a very difficult road to choose but because i know what its like not to have an education i also know what its like not to have a choice because i was forced to play tennis so when i take no education and no choice in some of the toughest economically challenged places in the world its really sobering what that means for their life so as a result my motivation is simply this it gives me more than i give to it so when you love what you do you dont work another day in your life and this is how it feels when youre pushing your mission that has been so personally inspiring even to my own success because it was because of this that i stayed in tennis when i could have quit it gave me my second chance it gave me many more titles gave me my wife my children my platform this is what im grateful forread also rebel agassi now talks of order but his returns are still as crisp as everwhat is it about square panda that excites you what made you come on board and what does it meanits been a long journey in education it started with my foundational school in las vegas charter school in the poorest neighbourhood that led to me figuring out ways to scale my mission through the private sector throughout america managing a billiondollar real estate infrastructure fund building schools for best in class operators to wanting to find more global scalable sustainable solutions to helping children pursue their objectives and education and this is where square panda comes in four years ago which is a platform that allows for very personalized teaching of literacy and teaching of second language english which is also important in america its also important in china as well as here in india so i think the earlier you can reach a child the more you can impact themso what are the subjects that interest youi think thats as close to the bone as you get to understand why i care about education because i dont know i just know i never had it and