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

Novak Djokovic

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Novak Djokovic
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: May 22
Tennis Player
Belgrade
Serbia
Pichuleitor
Djoker
Serbinator
Novak Đoković
Новак Ђоковић
Novak Djoković
El Huracán De Alfarnate
El Tempestad
Mr. Fantástico
Nole
Tennis
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My success has a lot to do with my private life. I've matured a lot by first becoming a husband and now a father. My life is in the right direction. And that helps a player to thrive. One thing is linked with the other. My private life has helped me.
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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!'
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