Novak Djokovic Quotes

When the last point is done, we are humans. Give your opponent a hug and say, ‘great fight,’ and that’s all.

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

... the winner is the one who believes in victory more.

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

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.

I know that success does not come at once, it is not a thing achieved overnight. It is the result of many, many, many years of working and trying to achieve goals.

I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.

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

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.

I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.

I don't like to compare years, honestly. I think every year is a different experience, a different challenge. You grow. You evolve as a person and as a player.

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

I am grateful to life. And also to the people who have brought me here. Without them, I could not be where I am now.

I want to win and I feel that pressure, but my career will not be a disaster if I do not win there. It is a dream to fulfill.

My priority, the most important thing in my life is my family, my wife and my son.

In my case, I can sincerely say nothing is impossible.

I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents.

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

I don't think, that you can always - you can ever - get your game to perfection, you know. Only if you're Federer.

I want to help children in Serbia and around the world so they can realize their dreams.

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

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general.

In order to stay where I am - and I want to do that - I have to stay dedicated as well as I have been before I became No. 1.

Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.

Each year represents new challenges and obstacles. You have to adjust.

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

It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'

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.

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

My father believed in me many times more than I believed in myself.

I remember as a kid, I was improvising and making little trophies out of different materials and going in front of the mirror, lifting the trophies and saying 'Nole was the champion!'

Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.

Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.

Coaches are very important to players. They're people that are mentors, people that are advising them, people that should be their friends and somebody you can rely on on the tour.

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball.

It has been the best thing that has ever happened in my life.

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

I always try to show my human side to my colleagues and to the whole circuit. More than anything because we are all on the same train, it is part of our work.

My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times.

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 think if you do not enjoy your time, your life, if you do not live intensely and do not spend time with your family, in one way or another it will be reflected in your career.

I've had my ups and downs in my private life.

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

When my boy arrived in this life, on this planet, it was completely a new dimension of experience for me and my wife. I'm still riding on the wave of that experience.

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.

What I learned as a young child continues to have a tremendous impact on my life today.

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

I cannot guarantee anything.

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.