Novak Djokovic Quotes

My family is everything. They love me unconditionally.

I not only enjoy a really great friendship with both my girls but also a close mother-daughter bond as well.

I'm extremely close to my mother.

I think being raised by a single mother put me on the outside, and I would watch my mother's married friends and think, 'Why does she put him down in public?' or, 'Why is he so rude to her?' It seemed to me that there were very few marriages where the couple were genuinely in a supportive, loving partnership.

My relationship with my mom is so amazing. We never got to have that stage that people go through, like when you're 13 and you think you're too cool for your parents. When you're embarrassed by them and stuff. We never went through that because I was constantly working and she constantly had to be there.

I have a very close relationship with my mom, and I'm able to talk to her about anything.

The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son.

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

I have a very close relationship with my parents.

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

It’s important to be friends with people when you don’t need each other, so that when you do, there’s a strong bond of friendship.

I worked with him every day, and he was more than my grandfather. He was my best friend.

My mum and dad aren't together, but she plays a massive part in my life. We have deep conversations: I tell her where I need support, where I feel she's lacking, and I support her with whatever she needs. I understand she won't be here forever, and I want no regrets.

I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship.

I am very close to my mother-in-law, Lee, we see each other often.

I know, some kids, their parents have nothing in common and don't ever talk. I can call my dad at 3 o'clock in the morning, and I know he is going to answer.

Honestly my brother has always supported me through everything and I can't wait to support him 100 per cent.

My sister lives in London, and I'm extremely close to her and her daughter.

Me and my mom are just alike in every type of way. I talk to my mom about everything.

And I hate to bring this up because I'm a 47-year-old man, but I think I was always wanting my dad's approval. We knew he loved us, but he was a different generation.

Yes, it's true that my mother has a go at me when I don't track back. We are very, very close, and she demands a lot from me, which is great.

Americans always talk about family love being unconditional, and I realized that I didn't feel that way.

I support everything every single person in my family does and vice versa.

As a parent you walk around trying to be perfect, but you don't have to be perfect. That's the key. You just have to be faithful, and when I say faithful I mean you have to give your all.

Friends never cheat on each other, or take advantage, or lie. Friends do not spy on one another, yet they have no secrets. Friends glory in each other's successes and are downcast by the failures. Friends minister to each other, nurse each other. Friends give to each other, worry about each other, stand always ready to help. Perfect friendship is rarely achieved, but at its height it is an ecstasy.