- A picture of Curtley appears at the end of the documentary Fire in Babylon (2010).
- Has been more open to conversations post his cricket career, frequently appearing in interviews and tele shows on fast bowling.
- Retired from international cricket with 405 wickets in 98 tests at an outstanding average of less than 21, the only bowler amongst those with over 400 wickets, either pace or spin, to have such an accomplishment. Even if the criteria is trimmed down to 300 wickets, Ambrose is behind only fellow West Indies legend Malcolm Marshall, that too only by second decimals.
- Post retirement, he played bass guitar for a band called Reggies.
- Formed a highly devastating new ball partnership with good friend Courtney Walsh, yielding 421 scalps between them in the 49 tests they played together. The duo happened to be last of the great West Indies fast bowlers to have an ever lasting impact on opposition batsmen, a tradition dating back to 1960s.
- Originally wanted to be a basketball player based on his adulation for NBA superstar Michael Jordan and was very good at the sport in high school. But his mother happened to be a die-hard cricket fan and was particularly proud of the fact that their homeland of Antigua had given West Indies cricket with all-time greats such as Richie Richardson, Andy Roberts and Sir Vivian Richards. Also, West Indies happened to be the most dominant team in both forms of cricket during Ambrose's childhood years, therefore she encouraged Ambrose to pursue a cricketing career, more importantly, as a fast-bowler.
- Had an intense confrontation with future Australian captain and batting great Steve Waugh during the Trinidad test of the 1994-95 Sir Frank Worrell Trophy. Ambrose, on delivering a bouncer to Waugh, was coldly stared upon by Waugh which infuriated him. Ambrose went upto Waugh who warned him to return to his bowling position. It took West Indies skipper Richie Richardson's intervention to separate the two. Ambrose never regretted the event as in his opinion it was a sign of the fact that Australians were no longer afraid of challenging the West Indies in their own terms. West Indies for the first time in almost 15 years lost a test series when Australia beat them in the decider at Kingston, courtesy Waugh's career best 200 and with began the decline of West Indies cricket.
- Received 14 Man-of-the-match awards in tests, equating to every 7th test of his career.
- Bowled a devastating spell of 7 wickets conceding just 1 run in 5 overs at Perth during the 1992-93 Frank Worrel Trophy, helping West Indies take a lead in the series after being drawn at 1-1 prior to the match and finally winning the series 3-1. It was also the first and only test when Australian captain Allan Border recorded a pair.
- On the eve of his final test during the tour of England in 2000-01, his mother rang the church bell for each of final 3 scalps during the match.
- Was asked to remove his signature wrist bands during an Australia tri-series match in 1992 by premier batsman Dean Jones. After much debate and confusion, Ambrose complied and went back to his bowling positions, ending with match winning figures of 5-32. Jones later regretted the incident.
- Ambrose, alongside Pakistani legend Wasim Akram, is considered by former Australian captain and star batsman Ricky Ponting as two of the most dangerous bowlers he ever came across. Explaining the contrast between the two greats, Ponting quoted that "Ambrose constricted the scoring rates, forcing batsman to commit mistakes and losing their wicket. Akram deliberately conceded runs followed by an unplayable delivery which dismissed the batsman".
- Publicly supported Brian Lara after the latter was put on probationary captaincy for the 1998-99 Frank Worrell Trophy at home post West Indies' disastrous 5-0 test series whitewash in South Africa a few months prior. The Frank Worrell Trophy was drawn 2-2 with Lara being Man-of-the-Match in both of the West Indies' victories and also Man-of-the-Series.
- Before the emergence of the 7'2" Pakistani pacer Mohammad Irfan, Ambrose, fellow West Indian Joel Garner and Australian Bruce Reid were 3 of the tallest cricketers in history.
- Highest wicket taker amongst fast bowlers during the 1990s with 309 scalps in 71 appearances. Also had the best average and economy rate for amongst all fast bowlers with 100 wickets or more.
- Was selected by the West Indies Cricket Board as a new ball pacer in its All-time Dream 11 for both tests and ODIs. Was similarly selected by Wisden as a fast bowler alongside Pakistan's Wasim Akram and South African Allan Donald in its compilation for the best players from the 1990s.
- In the fifth and final test of the 1996-97 Sir Frank Worrell Trophy at Perth, Ambrose took 15 deliveries to complete his over bowling round the wicket, giving away 6 no-balls and 3 wides. Coincidentally, it also happened to be his final over in Australia as he retired before the 2000-01 tour of Australia after West Indies lost 3-1 in England a few months prior. Ambrose was nevertheless Man-of-the-Match for his 7 wickets in the test which enabled West Indies to win convincingly by 10 wickets. In fact, Ambrose was Man-of-the-Match in both the West Indian victories of the series, the other being in the 3rd test at Melbourne but the series was lost 3-2.
- As per mathematical calculations, the mean average of batsmen dismissed by Ambrose was 30.15 in contrast to his own bowling average of under 21, leading to a conclusion that Ambrose discounted batsmen by 30% of their usual scoring rates. The only other bowler to touch the same level of efficiency happens to be fellow West Indian Malcolm Marshall.
- 3 of his 4 five wicket hauls in ODIs were taken against Australia, two of them at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the other at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The fourth was against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in United Arab Emirates.
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