Cliff Richey�s New Book: Acing Depression

Cliff Richey: a champion with secrets fellow players never suspected. I thought Andre Agassi's book was unusually honest and insightful, but it pales in comparison to Cliff Richey's new book, "Acing Depression." Cliff was a near-great player in the 1970's, achieving the #1 ranking in the United States, reaching the late rounds but not winning most of the Slams. Still he notched victories over the best players of his day - Laver, Newcombe, Connors, Smith, Rosewall, Roche, Emerson, etc. Cliff and his sister, Nancy, were the only brother and sister pair to ever be ranked #1 in the United States! In the book, Cliff describes his own mental processes as he developed into a tennis champion and later, as he was stricken with debilitating depression in an incredibly lucid, insightful, and vivid manner. The reader is able to virtually ride along inside Richey's mind during the triumphs and horrors of his past 50 years. His descriptions are so genuine you can almost feel what he felt. And you can certainly see what he saw. Winning and Suffering The book traces his development as a tennis player in an achievement-obsessed, driven, close-knit, and loving but somewhat isolated and paranoid family atmosphere....