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" I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters. "
Novak Djokovic
Court
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" Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough. "
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" 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. "
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" And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it. "
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" 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. "
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" My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me. "
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" I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive. "
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" 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. "
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" Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball. "
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" 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. "
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" Nobody actually played tennis in my family. "
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" I'm happy, my family's happy, everything is going well. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" All children have rights and those rights must be protected. "
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" I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you. "
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" Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands. "
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" 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. "
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" 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 to be seen and to be spotted. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You have to consistently be successful to be one of the top players in the world, and everything is possible in life. "
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" As a kid I was creative. "
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" 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. "
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" The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported. "
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" It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country. "
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" 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. "
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" I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today. "
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" Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am. "
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