Zitat des Tages von Novak Djokovic:
I've had my ups and downs in my private life.
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.
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.
It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country.
I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.
My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me.
I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you.
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.
I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters.
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.
I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.
What I learned as a young child continues to have a tremendous impact on my life today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down.
The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it.
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.
Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball.
I cannot guarantee anything.
Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.
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.
I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.
We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had.
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.
The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.
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.
My grandfather went through a lot in his life.
Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.
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.
Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.
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.
I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me.
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.