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" Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family. "
Novak Djokovic
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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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" I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis. "
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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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" 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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" Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands. "
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" 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. "
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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 think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I had to know at least two languages. "
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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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" 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. "
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