Quotes by John Newcombe

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

“Its good that hes come back to the roost, everyones pretty happy (about the decision).”

“So he has to overcome this attitude and go out on the court and say: Roger, I dont care what Im going to have to do ... if I have to rip your throat out Im going to beat you.”

“In all honesty, Agassi was a great player before Brad game along. I think Brad probably helped Andre maintain his standard at a high level and they worked well together. The situation with Roddick, it was becoming evident that he wasnt getting to the next level. All of us could see that and there were parts of his game that were immature. Now bringing Brad on board, hes been able to mature that side of the game.”

“He hasnt been doing that well against Roger lately. It will be tough though hes not that far away from the top of his game.”

“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. Thats the sort of toughness you need to compete on the world stage and I feel that our kids today just dont have it.”

“Things will get pretty serious if he (Philippoussis) doesnt get something going by the end of the year,”

“You would start to wonder how he is going to get into the tournaments with his ranking [currently at No. 208],”

“Things will get pretty serious if he (Philippoussis) doesnt get something going by the end of the year.”

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

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.