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

When the last point is done, we are humans. Give your opponent a hug and say, ‘great fight,’ and that’s all.

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

... the winner is the one who believes in victory more.

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.

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

I know that success does not come at once, it is not a thing achieved overnight. It is the result of many, many, many years of working and trying to achieve goals.

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

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

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.

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

Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.

Don’t play with damaged goods, you will only hurt yourself.

The t'ca [ship] left them, rolled and slewed off in a maneuver that made sense to a multi-brained snake.--from The Kif Strike Back

No elevator of progress with wells of prejudices. (Pas d'ascenseur de progrès - Avec puits de préjugés.)

It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

It's only the losers named Dave that think having an unusual name is bad, and who cares what they think. They're named Dave.

I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself.