You Cannot Be Serious

You Cannot Be Serious

<b>A no-holds-barred, intimate memoir by John McEnroe—the bad boy of professional tennis.</b><br /><br />John McEnroe stunned the tennis elite when he came out of nowhere to make the Wimbledon semifinals at the age of eighteen—and just a few years later, he was ranked number one in the world. <i>You Cannot Be Serious </i>is McEnroe at his most personal, an intimate examination of Johnny Mac, the kid from Queens, and his “wild ride” through the world of professional tennis at a boom time when players were treated like rock stars. <br /><br />In this “bracing serve-and-volley autobiography” (<i>The Boston Globe</i>) he candidly explores the roots of his famous on-court explosions; his ambivalence toward the sport that made him famous; his adventures (and misadventures) on the road; his views of colleagues from Connors to Borg to Lendl; his opinions of contemporary tennis; his marriages to actress Tatum O'Neal and pop star Patty Smyth; and his roles as husband, father, senior tour player, and often-controversial commentator.