John McEnroe was born in West Germany in 1959 and grew up in New York City. In March 1980 he became the top-ranked men’s singles tennis player in the world. He was also known for his confrontational on-court behaviour.
It’s pretty late for most people, I think I was aged four or five. At this point I have a hard time remembering anything before I was 18. But it was my brother going into the hedges next door and getting stung by a hundred bees, or something.
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