- Target:
- novak djokovic and his fans
- Region:
- GLOBAL
- Website:
- www.opendiary.com
Djokovic is a tennis player, currently number 1 in the world. A child interviewer asked Novak, “What’s your daily schedule?”
Novak replied, “I go to school in the morning, then play tennis in the afternoon, afterwards I do my homework, and then I play out in the evenings.
“Is tennis a job or just play for you?” he was asked.
“Tennis is my job,” replied Novak.
“And what is your goal?” asked the interviewer.
“To become a champion,” said Novak.
PLAYING IN A WAR ZONE
In March 1999 NATO forces began running five hundred combat air missions into Serbia each day. Novak’s family continued living in their apartment there, but after the first week of bombing, began venturing out to practice.
Gencic’s sister died in the bombing, but she said that she, Novak and others, continued to play tennis in Belgrade, choosing areas that had been bombed the previous night on the assumption that they would not be bombed again so soon.
Novak said, “During the war in 1999 I was 12 years old I remember, we were celebrating my birthday, it was in May, and then we saw planes flying over our heads and kind of bombing the city and it was really an ugly image, and it was something that I don’t like to remember but on the other hand we were on the tennis court for a whole day.”
Dusan Grujic, General Manager of the Partizan club said, “Throughout the 78 days of bombing we kept the courts open every day, to help the young people think of something else.”
Dijana said, "There was no way we were going to sit at home crying. So Novak and his brothers were on the tennis court from 10am in the morning till 8pm at night.”
Novak later said of this time, “We heard the alarm noise about planes coming to bomb us every single day, a minimum of three times, for two and a half months, there was a huge noise in the city all the time, all the time. So in my case, when I hear a big noise even now, I get a little traumatized.”
According to Goran, “Tennis was the thing that kept the family sane.” When the bombing finally stopped, Novak and his brothers went outside shouting, "We are safe now! We are safe!"
Novak Djokovic is simply a hero because he lived in war and in a basement with thousands of other families for months.
He was a child back then and now he is the one that a lot of people look up to him every time they feel down.
Thanks to him I could be the first in class last year when most of people didn't believed in me, when I lost faith in my self however he was there to remind me that I'm a fighter.
I want from every one who's a fan or reading this to support and encourage this man to win Wimbledon and to prove that we don't need to be rich with connections and no problems at all to be great.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC needs us to tell him that the whole world care and that we want to see him holding that magical cup in his hands.
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The Encourage Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon petition to novak djokovic and his fans was written by hanane and is in the category Sports at GoPetition.