Monday, March 31, 2008

Andre Aggasi's speech at Steffi's Hall of Fame induction



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_eU-J99HU

Andre Agassi was a great tennis player. He married also a tennis player, Stefi Graf. At this speech, Agassi introduces his wife to the Hall of Fame.
This speech is a good example of an emotional speech. Agassi prepared his speech for his wife, so he just says sweet things about her. It is a good way to make a speech because he did not make a speech that he does not care about. He really likes the subject (Stefi). In this way, he made his speech taking emotional memories to remember the time that they spent together.
In the beginning of the speech, Agassi started introducing the subject. He makes a briefly summary that he will speak about his wife. It works for this speech because it was an emotional speech. But it is a cliché. He would have a better recognition if he started his speech in a different way, not saying that he cannot find words to describe his wife.
The speech has many personal examples, which are common for personal speeches. He was successfully doing it because he explained their personal experience. It provided to the audience a little of their experience as a couple. Agassi was successfully doing it because it is a characteristic for emotional speeches.
One of Agassi’s problems was that he did not look straight to the audience. He tried to avoid looking to the audience, one time looking to the paper, other time looking to Stefi. But in a general way, the speech was a great presentation, showing that the speaker was prepared to make a speech.

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