Tennis
Parker idolized Djokovic: ‘He can be compared to Michael Jordan’
Tony Parker spoke about Novak Djokovic, praising the Serbian tennis player and stressing that he is one of the greatest athletes of all time in all sports.
Tony Parker is one of the most passionate tennis fans. The Frenchman hasn’t hidden his weakness for Roger Federer but bowed to Novak Djokovic in statements to Eurosport.
Tony Parker specifically pointed out: “Novak is one of the greatest athletes of all time in all sports for me. What he’s doing and as long as he’s doing it, I can’t think of many athletes in the history of the sport who have done the same.”
I have great respect for him. I’ve met him a couple of times. He’s a big basketball fan, it’s probably the number one sport in Serbia. I love watching him fight, I love his fighting spirit. That’s my favorite part of it, the spiritual.
In my sport you can actually compare him to Michael Jordan. I have great respect for him. I believe that he will break the record for winning Grand Slams. He’s fine, I know his diet and how much he pays attention to it. Rafa has the record at the moment but I think Novak will take it.
Source: sport 24
