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Gimelstob learns lesson from reckless rhetoric

By Joel Drucker
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

In many ways, athletes die twice: once when they retire and again like the rest of us. A 30-year-old lawyer might barely be a partner in his firm, a doctor barely starting his practice. But a 30-year-old athlete is either a marvel or, most likely, headed into the sunset. Then what? Which leads us to the instructive fable of 31-year-old Justin Gimelstob and one of the most roller-coaster post-playing years in the history of professional tennis. Gimelstob describes himself as a "servi ...

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