Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic talks about his never-ending passion for tennis and commends the gri

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00:30members to really take every tournament as a new challenge, as the biggest challenge

00:37that we have in this moment.

00:40And I feel that that kind of aptitude got me to where I am in terms of the achievements

00:43and career.

00:44And I'm, of course, grateful that I'm still able to play on a high level at this age.

00:49You know, professionally, I have goals, I have ambitions, you know, it's always the

00:55highest kind of goals, and I've been fortunate to achieve pretty much every achievement that

01:03you can have as a professional tennis player.

01:05And so I think that that kind of experience allows me to believe that I can always do

01:11it again and again.

01:13And you know, I still feel physically very good, mentally, you know, I'm there, I'm present,

01:20as I said, you know, I really love the game, I love the competition, I love to be challenged,

01:25on the court, by anybody.

01:28So there's still that fire, fire flame burning.

01:34It's not guaranteed that we're going to meet, but, I mean, off the court we're going to

01:37meet, but on the court, you know, we both need to win two matches, so, I mean, huge

01:44respect to him.

01:45You know, Andy and I go back a long time, I think since we were 11 or 12 years old,

01:52it's the first time we met, first time we played against each other.

01:56He kicked my ass, sorry for my language, at that time, and ever since then, you know,

02:02we kind of followed each other on the journey to become professional players, and we didn't

02:09have much separation in terms of results, in terms of time, maybe I, you know, broke

02:14through to the top five earlier than he did, but, you know, we were very close, always,

02:19you know, and he's got so much talent and incredible grit, incredible mentality of

02:27a champion, of a fighter, and what is happening now this year with his match points saved

02:35in literally every match he plays, the amount of hours he spent on the court since the beginning

02:41of the year, particularly in Australia, is just something that you must admire, and you

02:45say Chapeau because of everything he has gone through with his hip, you know, we have to

02:54note that he has an artificial hip and he's moving the way he does, and he's, you know,

02:59constantly looking to improve and to get back to the highest level, which it seems like he's

03:05been doing, so he's just, you know, rising in the rankings and the level is better and better.

03:10Yeah, I'm very happy for him because he's a great guy, you know, and respects the sport and

03:17works very, very hard, so very committed and he deserves his success.