top of page
Quote_1.png
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."

Standard 
 Customized
"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."

More 

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"Nearly 30,000 fans turned out to support the tribute match and provide one of the best atmospheres at the ground for ages. I was so happy to be part of it."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"Behind an able Indian Cricket Team there is always able Sachin Tendulkar."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"Football said,"Why I am not a cricket ball to get a shot from Sachin"."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"Cricket must be proud, "I played by Sachin Tendulkar"."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"I am sure our athletes will win hearts of the world and will show the world what India is all about."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"I also believe our country made a promise to veterans and their families. Veterans have kept their end of the bargain, and now, the VA is looking to pull out the rug."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"This time we are sending the contingent in advance, so that players are familiar with local conditions. Earlier they got only few days."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Assegid Habtewold

"Sachin is passionate for cricket and fame is passionate for Sachin."

Author Name

Personal Development

More 

Quote_1.png
John Newcombe
"I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school."

School

Quote_1.png
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."

Time

Quote_1.png
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."

Sports

Quote_1.png
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."

School

Quote_1.png
John Newcombe
"You know, I eat, I ate pretty well anyway so, I'm basically living the same, I just curtailed the stupidity."

Living

Quote_1.png
John Newcombe
"I had started my love affair with Wimbledon."

Love

Quote_1.png
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."

Experience

Quote_1.png
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."

Negative

Quote_1.png
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."

Politics

Quote_1.png
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 stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them."

Life

bottom of page