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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 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 about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop. "

" Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball. "

" I've had my ups and downs in my private life. "

" 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. "

" What I learned as a young child continues to have a tremendous impact on my life today. "

" I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today. "

" 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. "

" As a kid I was creative. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it. "

" 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. "

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

" I feel the pressure. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough. "

" It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.' "

" I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down. "

" I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1. "

" 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. "

" 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 sharper and I feel great. "

" I had to know at least two languages. "

" I love being around people who care about me, and I care about them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm happy, my family's happy, everything is going well. "