Quotes By Novak Djokovic

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down.

I always try to adjust to the situation.

I'm happy, my family's happy, everything is going well.

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.

Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.

I have been through two wars in my 24 years, and I know what it's like to be without anything, to see the bombs flying above your head.

I'm a happy man, because I am successful in what I do, of course; but what makes me most happy is I have people around me that I love and who love me back. This, for me, is the most important thing. Nobody likes to be alone.

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.

It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection.

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country.

Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.

I love being around people who care about me, and I care about them.

It's always easier if you have the support of your family, if you're not alone. I came from a country that has been through a lot of troubles in the last 20 to 30 years, but we have been through them together.

I love football and it's the sport I would really like to play. I've said on national television here that I would really love to play for one of our football clubs when I finished my tennis career.

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

Building a solid foundation in the early years of a child's life will not only help him or her reach their reach their full potential but will also result in better societies as a whole.

The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it.

I cannot guarantee anything.

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you.

But, it's because we have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history that we had. We have to dig deeper and we have to do much more in order to be seen and to be spotted.

You have to consistently be successful to be one of the top players in the world, and everything is possible in life.

I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me.

I embraced, I think, the process of becoming No. 1 of the world, which was long and difficult, but it's sweeter in the end.

In my case, I can sincerely say that nothing is impossible... When I was saying I want to be No. 1 of the world, and I was seven or eight years old, most of the people were laughing at me because it seems like I have one percent of chances to do that, and I've done it.

Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.

Well, I do feel that I carry the responsibility of representing my country wherever I am, and this responsibility came with the success that I had in last couple of years, not just myself but the whole group of tennis players that comes from Serbia. And athletes in general are, in this moment, the biggest ambassadors that our country has.