John Newcombe Quotes

You would start to wonder how he is going to get into the tournaments with his ranking [currently at No. 208]. - John Newcombe

You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit. - John Newcombe

You know, I eat, I ate pretty well anyway so, I'm basically living the same, I just curtailed the stupidity. - John Newcombe

Well, he can't be dumb, I mean, because he's been president for four years and he's president again, so you're going to get caught out if you're really bad, aren't you? Unless millions and millions of Americans are dumb. - John Newcombe

Things will get pretty serious if he (Philippoussis) doesn't get something going by the end of the year. - John Newcombe

They wrote it that my moustache was insured for 13 million. - John Newcombe

There was kind of a code that you had as an Australian that you never left the court losing unless you had blood all over you. That's the sort of toughness you need to compete on the world stage and I feel that our kids today just don't have it. - John Newcombe

That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon. - John Newcombe

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way. - John Newcombe

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