Quotes from Novak Djokovic

I want to help children in Serbia and around the world so they can realize their dreams.

Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.

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

I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I understand that the results I've had in my career, or I'm having now, they are very good. And that gives me confidence, of course, but I do not feel invincible.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters.

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 feel the pressure.

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.

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

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.

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

I am grateful to life. And also to the people who have brought me here. Without them, I could not be where I am now.