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" I am very skinny. "
Novak Djokovic
I Am
Am
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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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" 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. "
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" Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball. "
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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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" 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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" People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive. "
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" 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. "
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" It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country. "
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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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" I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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You
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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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" 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. "
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" The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams. "
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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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" 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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" 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 never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me. "
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" I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today. "
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" I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents. "
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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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