‘I can win the most slams’

Novak Djokovic believes he will win the most Grand Slams and become the longest-reigning World No. 1 before he retires. The the 32-year-old Serb has 17 Grand Slam titles to his name -- two behind Rafa Nadal and three fewer than Roger Federer -- and said he has no doubt in his ability to overtake the other members of the so-called 'Big Three.'

"I'm always very confident," the current World No. 1 said in an interview on In Depth with Graham Bensinger. "I believe I can win the most slams and break the record for longest number one. Those are definitely my clear goals."

Djokovic was in imperious form before the coronavirus pandemic brought the circuit to a halt in early March.

Swiss great Federer also owns the record for total number of weeks at number one, with 310, and consecutive weeks at the top position, with 237, compared with Djokovic's 282 and 122. "I don't believe in limits. I think limits are only illusions of your ego or your mind," he said.

Djokovic spoke at length about how he almost quit the game after falling in straight sets to unseeded Benoit Paire at the Miami Open in 2018. He also told tales about surviving bombings in his native Serbia in 1999.