Djokovic Tennis Quotes & Sayings

It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country. — Novak Djokovic

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. — Novak Djokovic

Domestic circle; and, though Kitty might in time regain her natural degree of sense, since the disturbers of her brain were removed, her other — Jane Austen

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. — Novak Djokovic

I wish all high schools could offer students the outside activities that were available at the old Harrison High on Chicago's West Side in the late '20s. They enabled me to become part of a school newspaper, drama group, football team and student government. — Irv Kupcinet

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation. — Henry Threadgill

I felt that it was unfair that my lack of a few pounds of flesh should deprive me of a chance at a good job but I had long ago emotionally rejected the world in which I lived and my reaction was: Well, this is the system by which people want the world to run whether it helps them or not. To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... It seemed that I simply could not fit into a materialistic life. — Richard Wright

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win. — Novak Djokovic

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. — Novak Djokovic

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. — Novak Djokovic

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. — Novak Djokovic

I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man. — Novak Djokovic

It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work. — Ottessa Moshfegh

I have always valued the care for my body, and my mind and had holistic approach to life. I always thought this is utmost importance for my tennis. — Novak Djokovic

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. — Charles De Montesquieu

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. — Novak Djokovic

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands. — Novak Djokovic

We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do little things with great love. — Richard Carlson

Nobody actually played tennis in my family. — Novak Djokovic

Mima. No despair. She was dying, and there was not one sign of despair in her dancing eyes. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

A gentle answer turns away wrath. — Gary Chapman

There I was, clinging to the scraps of happiness that I could finally feel again: coffee and books and an afternoon with my best friend. What right did I have, when he was gone? — Emery Lord

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis. — Novak Djokovic

You have to believe on the court. In the end, it's mental. In these moments against a great champion like Rafa, you have to believe. It's all about stepping in and taking your chances. I always believed, but it's a process of learning. — Novak Djokovic

Obsession is a negative word, I do not think that obsession can bring positive things. Not only in tennis but, I mean in any situation of life. — Novak Djokovic

It is very important and my success very much depends on the harmony that I feel in my private life. It is essential for me to be happy in my private life. And if it continues, I am able to continue playing tennis. — Novak Djokovic

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. — Novak Djokovic

The whole present moment was a celebration; it always had been; all I needed was fresh eyes to see it. — Narissa Doumani

I remember as a kid, I was improvising and making little trophies out of different materials and going in front of the mirror, lifting the trophies and saying 'Nole was the champion!' — Novak Djokovic

Through his spoken word, man is continually making laws for himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

We spent the rest of the afternoon searching for the lost Girl Scout troop. We found them asleep, drugged with music. They were curled around a sign that said, "No All-Female Groups Beyond This Point. Satyr Breeding Area." Satyrs have a peculiar sense of humor. I — Laurell K. Hamilton

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. — Novak Djokovic

The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics. — Glenn Beck

The fact that nobody played tennis in my family and you'd say by chance they make three tennis courts in front of the restaurant that my family owned when I was 4, I think that's a destiny. That's kind of life circumstances that kind of come together for you to become who you want to become. — Novak Djokovic