Novak Djokovic Quotes About Tennis

Quotes about: Tennis

• 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

• 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

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

  Novak Djokovic

  Games, Tennis, Fit

• 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

• 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

  "Visualizing greatness: How Novak Djokovic rose to the top" by Matthew Knight, edition.cnn.com. January 28, 2013.

• 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

• 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

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

  Novak Djokovic

  Country, Boys, Play

• Obsession is a negative word, I do not think that obsession can bring positive things. Not only in tennis but, I mean in any situation of life.

  Novak Djokovic

  Mean, Thinking, Negative Words

• 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, Tennis, Guy

• It is very important and my success very much depends on the harmony that I feel in my private life. It is essential for me to be happy in my private life. And if it continues, I am able to continue playing tennis.

  Novak Djokovic

  Tennis, Important, Essentials

• 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

• Nobody actually played tennis in my family.

  Novak Djokovic

  Tennis, My Family

  "Novak & Ana". Interview with Emma John, Adrian Deevoy, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2008.

• 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, Focus

• 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

• I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

  Novak Djokovic

  Winning, Player, Tennis

  "Stanislas Wawrinka shrugs off personal problems to win French Open" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 07, 2015.

• 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 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

  "Novak & Ana". Interview with Emma John, Adrian Deevoy, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2008.

• I have always valued the care for my body, and my mind and had holistic approach to life. I always thought this is utmost importance for my tennis.

  Novak Djokovic

  Tennis, Mind, Body

• 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, People

• The fact that nobody played tennis in my family and you'd say by chance they make three tennis courts in front of the restaurant that my family owned when I was 4, I think that's a destiny. That's kind of life circumstances that kind of come together for you to become who you want to become.

  Novak Djokovic

  Destiny, Thinking, Tennis

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