Agassi, who is married to Steffi Graf and has two young children, is not discounting moving into coaching in the future once he has an empty nest at home.

"At a different stage I could see myself enjoying it," said Agassi, who won the last of his Grand Slam titles at the 2003 Australian Open.

"Fundamentally I appreciate the game, I respect the game, I like the game as long as I'm not subjected to the drama.

"I love the interaction with players, the problem-solving. I see the inspiration to do it ... but probably not at this stage."

Unlike Lendl, who coaches Andy Murray, or Becker, now working with Novak Djokovic, Agassi said he would only consider coaching a player struggling to realize his potential - someone like world No 13 Isner, who is yet to advance past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.

"I would love to focus on someone who is not really maximizing their game," Agassi said.

"I think of interesting players, like John Isner, a player who plays at that level and has that much to bring to the table, and I'd really like to help him cover some distance that's he's yet to do.

"You have to get inside someone's head, figure out getting them from point A to point B, but that's time and that's a big commitment ... and at this stage of my life I don't have the luxury of doing that."

Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Sampras, who won 20 of his 34 matches against Agassi, said he has renewed enthusiasm for the game after not picking up a racket for four years following his retirement in 2003.

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