Novak Djokovic famous quotes

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

#Fighting #Giving #Hug

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

#Nerves #Calm #Classical Music

We only have one life and one body to care of, and we better do it right. You never know what tomorrow may bring and so we better live this life the best we can and be grateful for everything we have.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Grateful #Life Is Short #Care

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Eight #Years #Laughing

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

#Years #Want #Wanted

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

#Family #Important #Sticks

In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it's a question of who believes and who wants it more? Which player is mentally stronger? Which player is going to fight the hardest in the big points? These are the things that determine who is the champion.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Believe #Fighting #Player

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

#Fall #Believe #Thinking

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

#Games #Tennis #Fit

Nothing, nothing, nothing is better than sex, it is what God created us to do,
-- Novak Djokovic

#Sex

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

#People #Care #Who Cares

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Thinking #Play #Too Much

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Thinking #Long #World

You have to believe on the court. In the end, it's mental. In these moments against a great champion like Rafa, you have to believe. It's all about stepping in and taking your chances. I always believed, but it's a process of learning.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Believe #Player #Tennis

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Rivalry #Starting #Feels

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

#Problem #Enough #Responsible

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

#Family #My Family #Wells

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Winning #Player #Tennis

I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Powerful #What Matters #Court

I cannot guarantee anything.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Guarantees

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

#Thinking #Games #Perfection

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

#Player #Men #Giving

I'm trying to enjoy my lie as much as I can and I know that tennis hopefully is going to be my life the next 10, 15 years.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Lying #Years #Tennis

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

#Impossible #Cases #Sincerely

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

#Children #Impact #Today

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

#Dream #Children #World

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Long #Guy #Tennis

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

#Country #Wanted

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

#Country #Boys #Play

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

#Unique #Privilege #Chance

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!'
-- Novak Djokovic

#Kids #Mirrors #Tennis

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Country #Couple #Athlete

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Successful #Men #People

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

#Private Life #Ups & Downs

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Grandparent #Interesting #Judging

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

#Tennis #Mind #Trying

I always try to adjust to the situation.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Trying #Situation

I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Winning #Today

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

#Baseball #Fans #Bigs

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Children #Rights

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Children #Years #Full Potential

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

#Trying #Too Much #Ranking

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#War #Years #Two

My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Father #Sacrifice #Made

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Grandfather #My Grandfather

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

#Who I Am #Personality #Joking Around

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Imagine #Cradle

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

#Butterfly #Thinking #Giving

I had to know at least two languages.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Two #Language

My nutritionist has done a great job in changing my diet after we established I am allergic to things like gluten - I can't eat pizza, pasta and bread. I have lost some weight, but my movement is sharper and I feel great.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Jobs #Done #Movement

The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Country #Moving #Issues

I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Communication #Thinking #Player

Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Sports #Country #Giving

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

#Basketball #Sports #Football

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Positive #Country #People

As a kid I was creative.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Kids #Creative

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Sports #Football #Play

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Winning #Play #Forever

Tennis players we're always playing in center courts that feel like arenas. And when we get on the court and the crowd cheers your name or salutes you - it's like you're a gladiator in the arena. And everyone is cheering - and you're fighting, you're screaming, during your strokes - it feels like you're an animal, fighting for your life.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Cheer #Fighting #Animal

No, I have something else between my legs.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Legs

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

#Sports #Player #Games

We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Past #Way #Succeed

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

#Dream #Support #Poverty

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

#Fighting #Games #Sometimes

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Country #Years #Support

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

#Successful #Player #World

This time last year I would have said Federer would beat Sampras's record. Now I'm not so sure. His aura has gone. He's not as dominant as he was, and since I beat him in Australia he's looked frustrated. Players are beginning to challenge him now, especially myself and Rafa. He's got 12 Grand Slams to his name and maybe he will beat Sampras, but now I'm here it will be tough for him.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Player #Years #Names

... the winner is the one who believes in victory more.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Believe #Victory #Winner

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Mother #Country #Home

I try to enjoy what I do, and every moment of the life that I have is a blessing. What else can you do but to be happy and try to bring that joy to the other people around - especially in the tournaments. Everybody has bad days. I'm not always funny or laughing.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Bad Day #Blessing #Laughing

Nobody actually played tennis in my family.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Tennis #My Family

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Order #Want #Dedicated

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

#Player #Games #Play

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.
-- Novak Djokovic

#Father #Interesting #Tennis