“When I was in the United States, I felt far away even from my family. I took my job seriously and I forgot a bit about my family. I stopped enjoying the court,” he said. “I wanted to be as I used to be as a child. I wished to spend time with my children, in the church… Yes, I had kind of a personal crisis. You need to transform yourself on the court, be competitive… And I am not totally like that, so it has not always been easy”, Mirotic continued.