Newcomb 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

You had thoughts of it. When I was a kid [before] Jackie Robinson integrated baseball, he played for Montreal, which played against Buffalo, and I would go watch them play. They were one step [away] from the majors - guys like Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. . . . I thought about being in that position, and there were many, many people who thought that I would make it. - Ted Wyatt

Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it. - Simon Newcomb

When they come up to you in person, it feels like a personal invite, rather than just a general sign. In Newcomb, people come up table to table and introduce themselves. - Kevin Williams

What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed. - Simon Newcomb

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

We see it as a bold show that deals with issues of censorship and social and cultural topics. My line on South Park is that it properly offends everybody by design and by doing so it reminds us all that it's probably a good idea to be tolerant. It's also a very inventive and clever show. - Horace Newcomb