EXCLUSIVE: Novak Djokovic explains how Goran Ivanišević helps him chase GREATNESS! | Paris Masters

Novak Djokovic sat down with Eurosport's Alize Lim for an exclusive interview ahead of the 2023 Paris Masters and said he needed "extra motivation nowadays". Stream top tennis action, including the 2024 Australian Open, live on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com
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[@ngocnguyen-nt8bp]

He’s such a fluent speaker isn’t he? Articulate and charming as well!!! Go get your 40 ATP master 1000 title…👍🙏

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

At least another 2 Slams . Over 400 Weeks at Number ( 1 ).. Over 200 Million Dollars in Prize Money..

[@vladcuks]

Monte Carlo

[@mirjanasimov7845]

@@kewsiyehboah9514Money for him is not important thing. Are you remember AO 2022? Hi refused to play, he refused money! Against whole world. Hi is, we are SERBIAN PEOPLE, DONT FORGOT THAT!!!

[@scottauger4295]

He is a fluent speaker of many languages, but he wants to get around swearing. Perhaps he could learn a fictional language like Klingonese from Star Trek LOL

[@mirjanasimov7845]

@@scottauger4295 Good since of humor. Really!

[@user-nt5fu9wd6e]

it's so nice to see someone who is a really nice person as well as a great player. glad to see that his family is a priority

[@marklisiecki5790]

Respect to our Slavic brother!!!Greetings from Poland

[@vladimirjosipovic9471]

Iga plays superb tennis lately. Thank you.

[@jpaulglobal]

Ok we already know how great Novak is but lets hear it for the interviewer! She created a wonderful atmosphere in a variety of ways to make the champ comfortable in so many ways for a tremendous interview.

[@sonicmoj1]

100%. She was great!

[@bufon63]

She's a part of the Eurosports team who are all awesome, really.

[@ashoo1807]

she was almost flirting it seems 😄 but a great easy interview !!

[@srdjankalinic]

So true. Thought the same !

[@Brandespada]

She might have thought he was kidding when he said every time he plays a grand slam he feels "he loses a life", but I'm sure he was dead serious and it's what it takes.

[@mimicmagar7882]

I really love the way Novak speaks. Very funny very charming nole.

[@sabarishchandramouli6418]

Hats off to the interviewer, very pleasant!

[@kingnole4237]

Djokovic and Goran - Duo of greatness.....

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

And thee Other Coaches.. Marion And Boris.. Not Forgetting His First Coach.. 👍👏..

[@fortitude1208]

@@kewsiyehboah9514 very first Jenea Gencic he first see greatness in nowak in age of 5… and say it loud. Then Pilic and later Marian..

[@BogdanPW641]

​@@fortitude1208ye but Frist serious one was Marian

[@fortitude1208]

@@BogdanPW641 not.. girst serious one is Jelena Gencic.. she was many times champion of Jugoslavia and she was trainer also of Monika Seles if you know who she is.. she learn him everithing, she said at Novaks age of 7 that he will be with 17 age world number 1.. so pla Dont say that if you dont know who she is

[@virat5828]

Because the media mostly have been busy creating the bad guy narrative for the past decade, people missed getting to know what a great human being he is. Humble, funny, articulate and brutally honest. His achievements speak for themselves and I see much more positivity now than ever.

[@gillianasano2477]

🇷🇸🐐🥇👑The man is a Legend & machine Gentleman always 🇷🇸🐐🥇👑

[@baixinhousa]

She is so excited to interview him.. see her smiling.

[@huzcer]

djoko-smashed?

[@Brandespada]

She might have thought he was kidding when he said every time he plays a grand slam he feels "he loses a life", but I'm sure he was dead serious and it's what it takes.

[@joaoflavionatividade1506]

Stopped playing for almost 2 months and still number one.

[@abrahamalvarez4126]

El es el verdadero numero. El que lo sucedio era de papel todos lo saben hasta sus fanaticos

[@mimicmagar7882]

It looks more like two close friends interacting with eachother

[@kieran1990able]

Tyo ta ho😅

[@nfmarques]

Great interview! Less formality from the interviewer is key. Super fun!

[@Brandespada]

She might have thought he was kidding when he said every time he plays a grand slam he feels "he loses a life", but I'm sure he was dead serious and it's what it takes.

[@ajanidomville7852]

Great interview!

[@borjag.salaverri1666]

Smart, humble, great sportman better person, great champion.

[@SoulFullOfMusic81]

Great interview and very lovely reporter.

[@Brandespada]

She might have thought he was kidding when he said every time he plays a grand slam he feels "he loses a life", but I'm sure he was dead serious and it's what it takes.

[@jojijosette5946]

He is just so beautiful. Great human. We love you Novak, from Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸

[@mkader2494]

He is such a beautiful human being, physically and spiritually. Magnificent

[@NoleGOAT]

GOAT OF TENNIS

[@vinothv56]

Cat with nine lives. What an analogy? He is a great speaker who has a career for future as a motivational speaker

[@hugo9547]

He’ll certainly become PM of Serbia in the next 10-15 years

[@george5464]

I don’t get the metaphor?

[@filipdjuretic6011]

Good chemistry...

[@caprise-music6722]

That’s the difference between tennis and football f example.. well 1 of the differences. They travel on tour together so much or the year, and become friends. Ofc, Novak is also a friend of Eurosport so he knows every host there.

[@anapanto2502]

I think that’s the girl from “the pub, Kyrgios ruined her reputation” 🤣

[@vm4473]

How amazing would it be to finish off the year with 40th Masters Title, and then a 400th week at #1!!?? Let's goooo Noleeeeee!!!!

[@toothandgodentalclinic9290]

hes an absolute amazing person!

[@sporticprod]

🐐

[@biglazytitan]

What a great athlete and human being. My spirit animals tell me that 28 is going to be the magic number for the GOAT 😉

[@saibabazemunac]

The Best sportMan in history world.

[@Silver0426]

Thank you! You are the best! Get to 30! We love you!

[@headshot9611]

Not a big fan but this man is pure Genius.

[@icandigitbabe]

the maestro - good interview

[@DIVLJIVUK]

A Serbian and a Croatian working together couldn't get any better!!!!

[@samprase1268]

yes and they forget all the nationalistic shit

[@kajjebre]

Imagine their respective politicians are dying from hate watching those two enjoying friendship

[@danmalic6688]

we are talking high intelligence here......they are brothers in heart☦

[@luisalejandrodeabreu2895]

NOLE primero GRAN ser humano luego el mejor tenista de la historia 💪

[@carlosraventosprieto2065]

What a nice interview, interviewed and interviewer!

[@lauravettoretti1323]

Best wishes for the upcoming tournaments. 🙏🏆

[@anurakarunamuni9705]

Good luck and all best at the Rolex Masters, Master of tennis

[@user-hi8vm6gg9n]

Anyone can be pretentious, but very few will be genuine like Novak

[@tradertango2]

Novak should be the next Bond actor.

[@anapanto2502]

OMG!!! Yes!

[@Lazar532]

...Or, MAYBE he should replace his very good friend Gerard Butler and became the Gamer.

[@abishek213]

Novak is the 🐐

[@timbaker4253]

Wonderful, intelligent, thinking, human being (which is precisely why the establishment don’t like him)

[@ejp1986]

Such a fantastic interview. Hard to imagine anyone watching that and still have bad things to say. THE GOAT!!

[@alwaysquesting8613]

Novak is looking like 26 years old. He isn't going to STOP at 24.

[@user-fv1rm4et8l]

Such a great partnership NOLE and GORAN long may it last.,two super wonderful guys HECK YEAH,

[@sherryamanpour1531]

YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION NOVAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@saphiregin]

What a great dude... Go Nole!

[@ProdigyMPS]

Tennis is a hobby for him. Works part time as professional tennis player and still number one 😂

[@caprise-music6722]

Yeah, No. It’s his life’s passion. You don’t become THAT good without real passion and utter commitment to the sport. p.s If it was supposed to be a joke, I think you need to work on it a little bit.

[@yangao2598]

Yes a joke… Novak was denied of so many tournaments within the past few years!

[@yangao2598]

Novak should be number 1 last year, he deserves the 2000 points of Wimbledon win last year

[@caprise-music6722]

@@yangao2598 good point!

[@tobiasrekker5376]

​@@yangao2598yes he should have finished N*1 last year Carlos won 🏆 but the true people winner was Novak.

[@wingsofredemptionexposed4425]

GOAT. goat. GOAT. goat. GOAT. goat.

[@philburneblair]

My 🐐

[@amarnathroy7587]

After a long break .. back playing as if he never stopped.. good interview

[@hoojamaflicks]

alize is becoming a very good interviewer. very natural.

[@paulluk7515]

I think it has something to do with the fact that she is a former professional player herself so she knows what questions are appropriate to ask a pro

[@TogoBeta]

Tennis fans who hate Djokovic certainly do that for no real reason.

[@zetristan4525]

Alize went out on a lim... She is so natural and I hope she still enjoys playing great tennis herself.

[@liliwang2337]

你永远是最棒的

[@everettmeng6276]

I used to hate him, because he beat Federer. Now I admire him more than I do Federer. Novak is also a great human being. You represent your country well. You're the goat sir.

[@josealvim4762]

DJOKOVIC GOT NEW MOTIVATIONS, THEY ARE ALCARAZ, MEDVEDEV, SINNER AND RUNE !!!

[@attiliofisher1094]

I think Novak motivates Goran ...

[@shambhavikumar5920]

😂

[@y0bama]

Off court Novak always sounded the most interesting of the big three. Minus protecting the frail by being a role model for vaccines obviously.

[@KazKasozi]

The interviewer is fantastic. Gets the best out of Novak.

[@MickeyRBX]

GOAT Novack add 3 more

[@amiralsrbani24]

With 24 grand slams and he said he has 9 lives which means he wants 33!

[@zortaf85]

Was she trying to bite him and taste him by staring at him? 😁😉 nice interview 👌👍

[@seethakowsalya8144]

Surely.. There are few super coaches who have played their roles fantastically in chiseling the Novak of today like Marian Vajda, Boris Becker and finally Goran Ivanisevic. Novak's serve has reached it' pinnacle after Goran took over the charge. Moreover, they get along well on and off the court. Now, many times Djokovic's serve bails him out from the trouble and fires more aces due to Goran's supreme contribution

[@evg2448]

My favourite player👏🏼👏🏼

[@shikhab2250]

I kept getting distracted by the lovely background so green and the yellow walls with lights gently bouncing off the plants has created sucha warm cozy hue

[@Stand4Truth716]

There is a truth that faith (what we believe) is proven by our life/deeds. No need to say anymore.

[@sonicmoj1]

This is a great interview. Alize --> "I don't believe you" for your #25 jacket. SAVAGE!! hahhaha

[@gazibengazi]

Why? Why? Why did sports journalists not have a normal approach to Novak throughout his entire career? Why did they always have a negative approach? He needs so little. We have irreversibly lost so much. In eighteen years of his career, interviews like this can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

[@johannesgunterman5498]

GOAT

[@sumanchowdhury6162]

He's happy, no super happy, he achieved wht he set out to, better career stat over his 2 biggest rivals

[@iamshadowbanned699]

Novak is the GOAT! Or should I say cat? 🐈

[@anicavidovic5615]

Samo je jedan Novak Bog te pozivio Jos Puno godina

[@Brandespada]

She might have thought he was kidding when he said every time he plays a grand slam he feels "he loses a life", but I'm sure he was dead serious and it's what it takes.

[@tehatte]

Motivation I’m sure he has, but having not played much competitive tennis before a tournament is missing the real experience of real matches vs different opponents. So the first couple rounds will be shaky, finding the rhythm, and if he passes them he’ll go deep. Good luck Nole!

[@elwingy]

thats what people have been saying about him for Wimbledon since forever and look at how that went :)

[@silviamarelli7143]

I agree .. Thanks God , Shelton is out

[@tehatte]

@@silviamarelli7143 he dropped out of Paris masters?

[@lucaslee_h]

@@tehattehe lost in the 1st round

[@tehatte]

@@lucaslee_h Oh that’s the Vienna open. I was talking the upcoming Paris Masters.

[@ChristianBokich]

can someone please tell me where i can find this exact vest he's wearing?

[@jelenamilenkovic9906]

Normalno bi bilo da mu nedostaje Ivanišević!!!! Život je čudo nekada se moraš pomiriti sa sudbinom!!! 😊

[@peta1001]

Why cannot we have such a detailed conversation with Rafa or Roger?

[@Srbenda126]

Because they are smug, PR tennis players that use templates for public speech in interviews

[@susanwray6788]

Superficialty - what you see is what you get with Novak a Man of Integrity uf ever there was one and the 🐐GOAT

[@AA-le9ls]

I'm a big fan of the reporter.

[@civanacikalin7664]

Who else spotted Alize on the thumbnail video and clicked open? 😇

[@writer684]

30+

[@jayantsingh658]

What's her @

[@christiandelapena8623]

Tony Parker is a lucky guy

[@onetwocue]

I love Novak! No more big 3. Fed has beem retired, Rafa and, Novak are still playing incredible but age catches up with you. Serena has evolved away and Sharapova and Henin is done with tennis. Venus needs to play for fun. This group of tennis players really brightly shined the world of tennis to become main stream. Now tennis is still there, but not as mainstream.

[@johnkh2576]

Well I think she likes him 😅and u know what I mean 😅

[@louiscyphre7023]

30 grand slams -

[@rodriguezahr]

But why nobody is telling us why Goran is not present at the tournament ?!

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

ok I'm going to tell you now : he is recovering from the knee operation

[@Hello2u3582mypincode]

Can't help to think of how Novaks wife will think of this interview??

[@mackan6793]

Why?

[@huzcer]

Djoko-smashed?

[@Hello2u3582mypincode]

@@huzcer he Aced her😉

[@biblereadingoutreach2284]

🎾🏆🇷🇸✝️🛐👍

[@probot83]

Carlos Alcatraz, you think you should be no. 1 or best in the world, but still u are losing in these first rounds to anyone comes. If u want to be No.1 you have to show from your game. The big 3 never lost in the beginning of any matches. This is just to show that please don't compare yourself to these big three players if you cannot show your game. For me you are not the next great.

[@federicoserreli5259]

Nole could try to play cricket, same Barty!!!...

[@infinitepossibilities337]

You can tell she wants him

[@vukans595]

She's cute!

[@olga37730]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😊😊😊😊

[@joshheinink]

Noones better

[@emib343]

This woman is flirting with him lol

[@wakeupnowplease]

You have played and have fun for many years now Novak. Maybe it is time for to do something more importent with your life than just hit the ball ???

[@rammohan1991]

Lol Novak family man Lol .

[@michaellui74]

I see Novak👎😴 😴 if he was playing Sampras or Becker era . Both of them will destroy Novak 😊Agassi can beat novak😊

[@lesp315]

Are you for real?

[@stjepannikolic5418]

Sure, instead of being armchair warrior, why don't you grab the racket, and compete?

[@huzcer]

Djokovic hammered Federer over 2 to 1, 13 to 6 in finals and almost 2 to 1, 11 to 6 in slams. If he can do that to Federer in the big matches then he would take care of those guys too

[@divinitymode9364]

Smart, charming, funny guy. Creepy weirdo with anger issues and a martyr complex. Very strange human he is.

[@nevs4181]

Nah its just you trying to label him.. everyone's got good and dark sides but hes just showing it all

[@sophieoshaughnessy9469]

I think he’s worked through a lot of his dark side over the years. He still gets mad at himself in poor performance but that’s his intensity. Really a good guy I think and just brilliant.

[@sergiopalumbo6194]

I guess that side of him is something that made him so great and successful. Without his ultra competitive nature during matches he would not have achieved so much in carreer

[@caprise-music6722]

Divinitymode.. what are you blithering on about? As if you or everybody else are like perfect angels. BS! Do you know,John McEnroe? Real nice guy, funny and charming etc etc, but fierce af on the court sometimes. More often then not in his case lol.. But yeah, don’t try to label people. It’s not a good look for yourself

[@lanacastillo49]

Haha hater spotted😂

[@kosta380]

Mr Doping 🤣 🤣

[@user-js2oz3jw4o]

Svaka cast i ja to mislim

[@vladimirjosipovic9471]

Do you have any idea how many times he's been tested? Crazy insinuations

[@user-js2oz3jw4o]

@@vladimirjosipovic9471 😅

[@gashone]

GOAT

[@prithvikrishna5830]

GOAT