Much before he made his professional debut on the tour, the Serb imbibed some of his earliest life lessons from his parents Dijana and Srdjan Djokovic. Novak Djokovic and his brothers were taught at a very young age that the first step to saving money was to be aware of their spending habits.
Novak Djokovic also talked about the difficult financial times faced by his family when he was young. His dad worked hard to earn every penny, and everyone in the Djokovic household was conscious of his sacrifices.
The 17-time Grand Slam winner further went on to add that he and his brothers learnt to look at money as only a means to an end and not the end itself. The ’end’, as taught to Novak, was a nicer and better life.
What else did Novak Djokovic say in the interview?
In a wide-ranging discussion with the American, Novak Djokovic also talked about his traumatic childhood during the Yugoslav War - when bombings destroyed the serenity of the night, and sleep was hard to come by.
Djokovic showed Bensinger the corner of a building where his familty and up to 50 other families would come and take refuge during the peak of the war.
The 32-year-old spoke about how difficult it was to take the bombings as a new ’normal’ while growing up. He narrated an instance during his 12th birthday celebration in 1999, when there was the disturbing sight of a plane flying over.
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