#thing

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#because #buy #father #had #interesting

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#bit #i #i always #keeps #little

My nutritionist has done a great job in changing my diet after we established I am allergic to things like gluten - I can't eat pizza, pasta and bread. I have lost some weight, but my movement is sharper and I feel great. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#allergic #am #bread #changing #diet

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#general #good #good things #guys #haven

I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#countries #i #me #never #part

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bible #cling #closer #commentaries #contented

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough. ↗

— Jack Dee

#enough #enthusiasm #excited #fair #get

If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all. ↗

— Jack Dee

#admit #allergic #also #annoy #around

It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get in there with the right crowd, always trying to be a certain type of person and never managing it. ↗

— Jack Dee

#certain #comedy #crowd #get #idea

Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well. ↗

— Jack Dee

#appear #excited #fear #getting #going