"I sometimes even embarrass myself": Novak Djokovic feeling a 'million emotions' on court one of the reasons behind prolonged career

Novak Djokovic will return to the court next week at the Qatar Open in Doha with the 24-time Grand Slam champion continuing his career further albeit he has been open in the past few months that it is coming to an end. But why does he continue to plough on?

Djokovic said that it is down to the feeling that tennis gives him. He said that it is not only a love of tennis but the emotion it brings. He said that he feels a million emotions on court and that he sometimes embarrasses himself with the emotions he feels.

But also he admires his own humility in the way that he can be downbeat and turn that into positive emotion to still shake the hand of the other player and share values a sportsman should.

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“It is mainly because of the love for tennis, for the sport. Secondly, there is also the fact that I think that through tennis I develop the most as a person, as strange as it may sound, but on the tennis court during a match I go through a million emotions - some of the most beautiful, some of the worst, and doubts, and criticism, and ecstasy, pleasure, anger, anger, everything else... And in those few hours, I sometimes even embarrass myself for what I am going through and how I behave, on the other hand, what thoughts appear to me.” he stated to Vijesti.

“In any case, I am proud that I can go through it all in a humane and sporting way and lend a hand to my opponent, regardless of whether he won or lost. I think that these are the values that sport sends and that is why people identify with athletes. Especially in an individual sport, where you have to beat yourself first to beat the one across the net,” Djokovic added.

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