Dangerous Enemy Quotes by John Newcombe

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to…

— 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.…

— John Newcombe

I was in the main draw from the start, my opening match was on Court One against Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden who was…

— John Newcombe

A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple…

— John Newcombe

By the time I got to the hospital, I certainly realised that I had a problem because I couldn't write or print at that…

— John Newcombe

I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit…

— John Newcombe

At Wimbledon, the ladies are simply the candles on the cake.

— 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…

— John Newcombe

Your game is only as good as your second serve

— 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…

— John Newcombe

It's actually what I consider legalised cheating because one of the great senses that you have on a tennis court is your ability to…

— John Newcombe

The strongest and most dangerous enemy you will ever face is a negative attitude. Learn to recognize when it is trying to invade your…

— John Newcombe

People think this is all about the top players hitting tenins balls and they talk about technique and strategy and how important that is.…

— John Newcombe

I was a pretty feisty young kid.

— John Newcombe

I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school.

— John Newcombe