"For me to be playing for my country and on top of it to be playing to achieve what my father had hoped for but had not accomplished in his Olympic experience, I just felt like I was playing for something larger than just me, " said the American, now 42.

CNN: Golden moments: Agassi and Graf relive Olympic glory

Trying to keep up, like I said yesterday, with everyone's Olympic emails is a task that simply prepares me for college and professional football season.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"In such a wonderful Olympic year like this with so many outstanding achievements in sport honoured and recognised I thought racing would have had a rather thin end of the wedge, " he said.

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