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- I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school. — 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 of guys in their forties it is very difficult. — 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 about eight in the world at the time. — John Newcombe
- I had started my love affair with Wimbledon. — 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