Novak Djokovic on marital challenges: Growth as a couple 

Djokovic speaks so openly about deeply personal parts of his life, about imperfections, challenges and growth. It's a fans dream come true and so inspirational, verbalising his feelings, something many males struggle with. I could see him as a mental health ambassador some day. Respect Nole, wish there were more authentic celebrities out there like you.

Even without knowing you Nole you are so close to all of us...your heart is like ocean 🌊

What an interview !! The power of vulnerability

Very rarely the world is capable enough to build someone like Novak. Let's celebrate we have him in our lives who we can relate, get inspiration from and learn so many humanly things. I'm grateful to him for what he is .

His candor is very refreshing, especially today, where most superstars speak in bland, PR-approved sound bites.

Yes! And he can say the same thing in about six languages. An extremely articulate, introspective, and thoughtful man. A great representative of the sport.

A very humanizing interview. He's just a person with thoughts, feelings, and emotions like the rest of us. Has own struggles and inner demons. Massive respect for his openess here.

Novak has gone through so much. He’s an amazing person. GOAT🐐👑

Such a deep and introspective individual... Winning isn’t everything- it’s only part of the journey. Luckily for Novak, through such hard work and commitment, he has fulfillment on and off court! Well played... 🏆

Probably the best gift one can give to a significant relationship, God bless you Novak

Very thoughtful and insightful. Every person should really hear what he is saying. Everyone needs unconditional and unchanging love. Achievements are extra, but they do not determine if someone is loveable or not. So proud, particularly as a young successful man that he is speaking up about this. 🥰🥰🥰👏🏽

Brilliant interview. Absolutely brilliant. I'm amazed about his candor. Huge respect to him 🙏

I like that Graham asks questions and lets the interviewee respond, then just adding subtle / non-intrusive (to the flow) add-ons, like "how so" .. and let him go on. Novak has also become what he is because of all of this on a tennis and personal level. Adversity creates greatness : and there was no lack of that in the current crop of : Roger, Rafa, Andy, ...etc.

No wonder he’s a mental giant in the game. He’s incredible on many levels and he worked hard to get there. Very obvious

Great interview. Djokovic is one of the greatest ever! His career has been a tremendous transformation to unparalleled performance.

4:06 ..." I learned that when you expect the least, it's when, you know, LIFE will give you something to work at internally". This statement gives an idea of his approach when he is down like 0-40 at match point, comes back to take the championship. Great interview!

You gotta love Djokovic as a tennis player and a person.

God....amazing to hear him say that his (early) big goal was winning all slams and that upon doing this with his first French win, he realized he may have taken the wrong path. His warning about forsaking the little boy (girl) that lie in all our subconscious is so very powerful. Thank you Novak for that reminder. May you remain blessed in all you do....tennis and otherwise. The boy has become a man!

I am impressed by him he really takes time and work on himself.

More I watch and learn about tennis, the more I appreciate these players. Started out as a Federer fan as most, but been watching many others like Djokovic and these guys are super inspirational.

I'm so grateful for this series! Thank you for this content

You are a great human and a great player!

I am enjoying each and every match of Djokovic played since 2007 I AM very much fan of Djoko

Nova Djokovic come across as a genuine and self reflective person which is rare.

Love his honesty.

Love to see JOKO play and win. His behaviour and humour on the court is an added fun.

A very intelligent man. After tennis, he will venture into awareness

I’ll embark a journey with Nole, anytime :). I love this guy along with his tantrums. He is the best player.

Best Tennis player and best interviewer.

Quite an honest reflective account of where and when growth had to take place due to what life put in front of him. ⭐️ Don't we all encounter a similar path where life in each of our lives will provide opportunity for us to make different decisions? Such a lovely honest interview...I admire Novak for all he has gone through and sometimes in times of war with bombings. 🇨🇦 💚 💯

Excellent interview... quick question.... get out of the way... Well Well Done... Novaks such a deep thinker... and a Brilliant Tennis Player!!!

Love you Novak!

I like him more after watching this.

Wowowow---respect for Djokovic for getting conscious of this most vital aspect of growing into adulthood: emotional growth. It is absolutely crucial that parents attune to the emotional needs of their children. In these very confusing times parents aren;t really conscious of the needs of the child for attunement mirroring and resonance so that like Djokovic explains that aspect of the human being doesn't get pushed into a the dark corner and cause all kinds of emotional disease in adulthood.

YOUR HONEST it’s refreshing ❤️

Novak is more charismatic then all the footballers taken together💖 what a man!

So powerful

I certainly appreciate your honesty and being so open about your journey. Looking inward is hard and trying to fine solutions is harder. Thank you for sharing your struggles.

Amazing person!

How refreshing to see a high achiever put his ego to the side and openly talk about his feelings. A deep thinker. And yes I always thought Novak was immature emotionally but now he has grown. Novak that's what happens to children who have experienced trauma, in your case, a war. You grow physically and mentally but your inner child stays safe in that dark room. So love your inner child and feel your emotions. You truly are an inspiration. I appreciate your honesty and openness. It is a journey of healing you are on.

Djokovic 💪

Love you Novak ❤️

Loved and admired this guy from the very first time I saw him and undoubtedly he excelled as I always knew he would,not only a phenomenal athlete but also A FIRST CLASS super exceptional person LOVE YOU FOREVER NOLE, you rock,

merci. well said novak

Novak is, by far, the most thoughtful tennis player in the history of the game.

Great interview and love seeing this side of Novak. Good on him for opening up this way. Lots of admiration for him, as a human being and a tennis star.

Chrstian Novak! God bless!

Great interview Djokovic maybe the GOAT

Wow, talking about his inner child…I continue to be impressed by Novak.

What an impressive personality.

You’re a good man Djoko!!!

I’m starting to like Novak more. Loved his no mask stance at the Australian Open.

Amazing Nole

@grahambensinger Best Question you asked "How So?" to dig deeper for answers!

You ve gone deep Nole!

GOAT!. Most masters, dominated Nadal and Federer the last decade. Will definitely end with most weeks at world number 1. Might get most slams too. Just an amazing tennis player and a very interesting man.

❤NOVAK❤DJOKOVIC❤👏👏👏🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🍀🍀🍀💪

Goat!!!

🥇👏🏻

There is absolutely nothing that would entice me to be married to a pro Tennis player. Id say it is hard work dealing with all the highs and lows never mind vying for their attention.

All the 3 greats of Tennis have been shaped by some kind of adversity. Federer went out on his own and grew up over the shock of losing Peter Carter (he still cries remembering him), Nadal grew up with pain and hardship as his closest companion, and Djokovic survived a war and bombings and came from a country with little tennis history and fought off debilitating food allergies to become who he is now. It is high time he gets the same respect.

que preguuuuunta la del 4:05 omg djoko te amo ok.

I think you shouldn't ask in a public setting about his wife and marriage conflicts, those are his private matters

Smart guy as a Croatian this man is a class act

Lets see if he will win the final 2 Grands, and a gold.

When Novak verbally repeats a question I get the feeling he feels it’s inappropriate. Or maybe he’s just buying time instead of doing an American response : “Well, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...”.

Honestly, Novak is not my favorite tennis player but one thing I admire about Novak Djokovic is the constant urge of getting better, and to have that mental belief that I can beat anyone...He was always world number: 3 behind Roger and Rafa from around 2008 Australian Open to 2011....still picking up Grand Slams on the way but he changed his tactics and kind of became dominant against Rafa and Roger. Pulling up a three set victory against Rafa in 2019 Australian Open is near impossible to think of but that's what he did. Novak kept on getting better in this game or else he would have been another Andy Murray. Don't get me wrong, Andy Murray is an amazing sportsman and constitutes the big four and he clinched GS from them but he was never considered GOAT but Novak had that hunger and the physical and mental stamina to dig deeper and now he is considered one of the GOATs with Roger and Rafa. Kudos to Rafa, Roger and Novak to keep the level of tennis but I guess Novak has that mental edge where he plays fearlessly and win matches when match point down against Roger or dominate Rafa in 2011 (6-0).

He already is the 🐐 tennis player, but I’ll put him as the 🐐 athlete if he wins most slams and becomes the first tennis player to reach 400 weeks as number 1.

I like nole a lot... I feel like I could actually hold a nice conversation without being intimidated

The french open alluded everyone except nadal for the last 14 years

Bog

It is very EASY for Novak, Roger, And Nadal to achieve greatness because TENNIS their First Love; above Family. Go to the Interview from Novak's Wife where gives a candid account of the state of their Marriage. She stated that Novak "Does a great job of taking care of himself'. She also expressed her need to get away. Alone. He wants more children yet she says, Not now. If Federer and Nadal Wives are as honest as Novak's wife was, they may have same thoughts, as well. The sacrifice they endure must be incredible. BEHIND EVERY GREAT Man; THERE IS A GREAT WOMAN HOLDING HIM UP!

Graham, FFS... Martial = war Marital = couples

Graham, your foot is extending over way too far. pretty disrespectful and as a class act as Djoker is he did not budge. I generally like your interviews but your foot really bothered me on this one.

Screech- saved by the Bell. 😁

By the comments here i dont think anyone has a CLUE about what actually happened to him during that marital "challenge". it was quite obvious what happened, all u have to do is watch WHAT happened on and off the court, on the court he started losing matches and his play was very askew, his wife was not at most of the matches during that time, and when she did come back, she didnt watch the match, her body language was very quick, very abrupt, very angry and very seething. He did not play or act like his normal self. only ONE thing wd have caused a wife to consistently stay away from his matches then act SOOO angry n seething etc. but i think his coaches got involved and could see that what he did to cause her to act like this (it was NO simple fight or spat, folks), and possibly END his brilliant career HAD to be fixed and the coaches devised a plan to build a bridge between them, that involved compelling him to admit what he did and b completely and utterly apologetic to her AND solemnly commit to NEVER do such a thing again, gave her the small incentive to agree to bridge that broken bridge between them. and judging by the way she cautiously behaved thereafter, mostly bland for quite some time, then resolving back into her previous happy persona tells us that he has kept his promise to her. thats what happened and what both of these guys in this video were glossing over.

You knew he was dippy dipping around .

Respect,the true meaning of life is the most important match one can face. You still got Covid

un poco polemico....solo un poco !!!!!

No I think you put the apples in first and THEN sprinkle with the toasted almonds. Ask Mum.

Can Graham put his foot down and not crossed it facing his interviewees? This is a very rude gesture in some culture by pointing your soles at your guest.

Djokovic Translation Transcript: Prior to my surgery in 2018 I was f*cking around a LOT cheating on my wife every week living a douchebag f*ckboi lifestyle f*cking models & actresses all over the globe including Deepika Padukone & countless others, & finally Karma started to catch up creating a turmoil in my personal & professional life but in the nick of time I realized in order to be legendary great like Rafa & Roger who are both very loyal non-cheating kinda devoted honest husband I need to control my lust big time in order to sustain any further success in tennis. Sorry I can’t admit my infidelity I’m too embarrassed 😳

appreciate it. Novac should eat some goat meat and fish (good one) to get back his mojo and develop some muscle. human muscle is a protein that needs animal protein too. too much plants also lowers the mojo.

Volimo te nole,ali nole nije sretan ,to se vidi.

Everyone here is saying Nole is exposing his deepest personal feelings here but, sorry, just hearing vague, general comments on how he grew as a person. The second the interviewer mentions something specific like his wife....he seems to go into lockdown mode, lol. Saying things like she chose to be with a tennis player, etc etc. Thing is these guys, including Rog and Raf, are very self-centered beings. They have to be to to get to the top. Steep price to pay but Djoker seems to have a very sweet wife and kids. Just hope the rumours of his womanizing isn’t true...or at least not anymore.

Not convinced about him yet...he is winning now because all the young Duds cannot win Slams. Federer is older now and Novak couldn't touch him from 2003-2009. Nadal is Clay court expert...perfect time to win most of his Slams from 2014 to 2021...6 since 2018...one of the greats but not the greatest yet...not even close with ATP matches won. It is not just Slams that make you great...it is the total package...

Marriage is boring,including the sex!

I love nole. But the couch is ugly. Sorry.

Translation=I was getting that attention by sleeping with loads of women behind my wife's back. She then found out and I had a shit storm to deal with!

Smart guy and a champion! But, boring just like his tennis.

novak is cringetopia

He is just so easy to hate. Bizzare is a great word to describe him

Yeah, I know I will get a lot of hate for this comment, but this is in no way meant to be disrespectful or insulting. To me he has only ever looked truly happy when he is hugging another man, but this could very well also be only my imagination. Just think how how hard that would be for a Serbian alpha male.

Translation. She better stay with me or I will find somewhere else. I got the money and the power. You have nothing. Yes, I cheated and treated your terribly, but you better forgive me, if you want to stay on this train. He said his relationships were superficial. Agreed. She was pregnant, so you thought it was the right thing to do, but you just ended up hurting her, just like to Adria tour. You were thing superficially, and hurt others in the process. He is very thoughtful in answers, but not sincere nor honest.