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.

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 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.

Knowledge has no value if it does not enhance your wisdom.

Life is like an Autumn short but colourful.

You can take the Muslim out of the Caliphate, but you can't take the Caliphate out of the Muslim.

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.

For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out there for public approval or rejection.

Don't wish,"said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only...

Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.

When I had to fill in my immigration papers, I gave my age as 19, and my profession as genius; I added that I had nothing to declare except my talent.