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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2026 · 1H 28M

#1 - Novak Djokovic

from Greats · host Rien MacDonald

In this first episode of Greats, I read Searching for Novak by Mark Hodgkinson.Thank you for being here. This has been a project I have had in my mind for some time, and it feels good, dare I say great, to put it out into the world and share it with you.From the moment he picked up a racquet, Novak Djokovic was destined for greatness. It wasn’t just his father and family that thought this; it was his first coach Jelena Gencic and many who crossed paths with the determined boy from Belgrade, Serbia.What Novak has been able to achieve in his career to date, is nothing short of breathtaking. A record 24 Majors and 400 weeks in the number 1 ranking are just some of the numbers.It was a privilege to be able to read this book and fun to unpack what I found most interesting about this mans life.I hope you find some of it interesting to, and apply it to your life for the better.And so may we all.Godspeed.Support the podcast for free, please simply engage with the content. Whether sharing it with a friend, talking about it in conversation with another whom you think will benefit from these stories, or simply commenting/sharing it on social media.Buy the book, supporting yourself and the podcast simultaneously, via this link.Follow Greats on Instagram.Shot on iPhone.Recorded on RØDE.

In this first episode of Greats, I read Searching for Novak by Mark Hodgkinson.Thank you for being here. This has been a project I have had in my mind for some time, and it feels good, dare I say great, to put it out into the world and share it with you.From the moment he picked up a racquet, Novak Djokovic was destined for greatness. It wasn’t just his father and family that thought this; it was his first coach Jelena Gencic and many who crossed paths with the determined boy from Belgrade, Serbia.What Novak has been able to achieve in his career to date, is nothing short of breathtaking. A record 24 Majors and 400 weeks in the number 1 ranking are just some of the numbers.It was a privilege to be able to read this book and fun to unpack what I found most interesting about this mans life.I hope you find some of it interesting to, and apply it to your life for the better.And so may we all.Godspeed.Support the podcast for free, please simply engage with the content. Whether sharing it with a friend, talking about it in conversation with another whom you think will benefit from these stories, or simply commenting/sharing it on social media.Buy the book, supporting yourself and the podcast simultaneously, via this link.Follow Greats on Instagram.Shot on iPhone.Recorded on RØDE.

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