Djokovic Wins Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award
Novak Djokovic won the top individual honor at the 2012 Laureus Sports
Awards, as Sportsman of the Year.The number one tennis player Novak Djokovic won sportsman of the year at the ceremony in London, one week after triumphed at the Australian Open to become the fifth man in the Open era to win three Grand Slam titles in a row.
The Serbian won three Grand Slam championships in 2011 - at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open - and became No. 1 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings. He compiled a 70-6 season record, including a 41-match winning streak that ended with a loss to Roger Federer in the Roland Garros semi-finals.
At the Ceremony, staged in the heart of London at Central Hall, Westminster, the world's best player, winner of 10 titles last year and reigning Australian Open champion, has won the top honour seeing off competition including stars like Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt, Dirk Nowicki and others.
In his speech he said:
Thank you for this great award.
I am beyond words to describe how i feel tonight. Just to be in the same
room with the world's greatest athletes, whom I will allow myself to call
"LEGENDS of the sport" is a great honor and privilege.
Well, then, you can imagine how honored I feel right now to be entitled
to hold this award, and to be called the World's sportsman of the year.
This award means a lot to me, my team, my family, and my fans around the
world.
I will use this opportunity to thank the Laureus Foundation for doing a
great job around the world. Sport is indeed an inspiration and motivation
to many of us, the language we all understand and love.
I hope that my example can send a powerful message to all the kids around
the world. I was also a kid who grew up in a poor country, torn apart
with war, kid who dared to dream about becoming the world's best
athlete. And yet, I stand here in front of you tonight, with this special
and dear award, and hope that each kid dares to dream, and choses this
path that I chose. Sport is something that every society should nurture,
and this is what Laureus stands for. I will make sure on my side that the
message is conveyed and that sport stays as pure as it is today.
Thank you for considering me for this award, and for honoring me to take
it home with me tonight.
Belgrade, February 07th, 2012
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