Alexander Ovechkin

“It means a lot to represent your country.”

“If somebody ask me to do something for my country, I will. If there's a world championship, I go.”

“I never look forward. I live for today. And if you think about what's going to happen in a year, in two years, then you begin to plan. And plans never come true.”

“I just try to do my best to shoot the puck and we'll see what's going to happen with it.”

“My parents did a great job.”

“The first thought is always about making the playoffs. That's the tough part. And once you get there, only then you can allow yourself to start thinking how you are going to play in the playoffs against other teams. And a lot is left to chance then. There's an element of luck as well: sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you do not.”

“It doesn't matter what division you are in. You must prove that you deserve to be where you are every game. The proof is not offered with words, but with action.”

“I have a good relationship with Russians, and with Americans. So I'm neutral.”

“As a player you don't want to hurt someone and you don't want to see someone leave the ice with the doctors.”

“It's nice when people want to see you.”

“The most important thing is I want to be healthy.”

“Hockey has changed. The game has changed. You just have to be ready for that.”

“I normally try to drive carefully.”

“I want to be a winner. But you can see Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Wayne Gretzky - that kind of people - where you can see and say yeah, this is players who win everything. I want to be in this page, too.”

“I like to have the puck when I have speed. You know, then I'm dangerous.”

“I'm not a real central-Moscow kid. I'm not used to luxury stuff.”

“I have an excellent body, not an extra gram of fat. A washboard stomach.”

“The most important thing is not the regular year, it's the playoffs.”

“My parents, they don't say to me you have to play hockey. They just see me and how I love what's going on on the ice, how I love this atmosphere.”

“You can't be 25 all the time.”