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Novak Djokovic

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About Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks, finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times, and has been ranked No. 1 at least once in a year for a record 13 different years. Djokovic has won 102 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including a record 24 majors, a record 40 Masters titles, a record seven year-end championships, and an Olympic gold medal. Djo…

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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 who…

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.

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

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

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 …

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

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…

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…

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 m…

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.

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 t…

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 sha…

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 ab…

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…

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. N…