‘I see myself as a coach in future,’ says Novak Djokovic as he doesn’t want to take his knowledge to the grave

Shahida Jacobs
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Imagine having Novak Djokovic as your coach. Well, it could happen for a few lucky ones in future as the tennis great is determined to share his “knowledge, philosophy, approach and methodology of work” once he retires as a player.

At the age of 34, Djokovic still has a good few years left in terms of playing days, but the 20-time Grand Slam winner revealed after his Paris Masters success that he wants to try his hand at coaching once he hangs up his racket.

“Yes, I see myself as a coach in the future,” he is quoted as saying by Tennis Majors. “I truly love this sport. I do not love it only when I am winning; no, I love it when I am with my kids on the court, when I watch it live or on TV, and when I am trying to pass on my experience and knowledge to the upcoming players at the Novak Tennis Centre, to which I am very committed.

“Knowledge can be a curse if you do not use it, what is the point then?

“I mean, sure, I benefit from it, but what am I going to do with it afterwards – to take it with me to the grave, to say ’yes, I was the best’? No, I want others to have information about my career, my philosophy, approach, methodology of work etc.”

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