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We're going to play our game and we're going to come back and we're going to play Montreal or Tampa.
Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.
To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian.
I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.
I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them
If somebody going to tell you don't play video games on the road or at home, I'm not going to listen to it.
To be honest, I don't remember what happened in '95, '96 and '97. It was hard years. My memory is deleting.
The most important thing is if you keep your body in good shape, you know what you have to do for your body.
As a player you don't want to hurt someone and you don't want to see someone leave the ice with the doctors.
Sometimes I want to joke but my English isn't perfect. Sometimes people are wondering what I'm talking about.
Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.
Just work out. Don't be lazy. If you take a day off, you're going to be fat and you're going to look terrible.
Ever since I was a kid and all the time I have played in the NHL, NHL players have played in the Olympic Games.
I think it is very important to spend time to help make people all over the world see how great a game hockey is.
A thousand games for one organization, it's pretty cool, and I'm going to be the first guy to do it in Washington.
Moscow is a big city. It's all nerves - something's always happening somewhere. D.C. is a quiet, calm family town.
I can eat anything. After practice I can stop at McDonald's. I don't have a problem with gaining weight, thank God.
My hair was too big. And my head is big, and my hair is big, so my helmet gets too small. So I have to make a haircut.
I started playing hockey late and it was unclear until the very last moment if I was talented or not. But it turned out well.
I'm proud to be Russian. We have probably the best country in the world. Everything is the best: hockey players, cars, girls.
My hope, it's not only my hope, but all of the NHL hopes to raise hockey in China because it's a good country to raise hockey.
Mother Nature give me a hell of a body. My parents or whatever. Thanks, Mom and Dad. Mother of nature... From Russia with love.
My dream has come true. I play with the great players and on a great team. I'm smiling and happy and enjoying the time of my life.
A championship team wins because it already has established players, while a talented team is just beginning to establish players.
Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.
I have a lot of respect for Ovechkin as a player. I like his enthusiasm. I know the kid has a zest for life and a joy for the game.
When you come to a new team, new world, new people, you feel a little bit uncomfortable. But my teammates, they are tremendous guys.
I do a lot of squats, I do a lot of bench pressing. But legs are very important for me. It's more important than arms and shoulders.
If I have a bad game, coaches, teammates tell me not to worry, next game I'll score. When people tell you this, it makes you comfortable.
I love the Capitals and my teammates here as much as I love my country and I know all the other NHL players feel the same for their teams.
Everybody has to have his own style, his own game. Everybody has to be himself. I'm listening to nobody. I have my own mind, my own heart.
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.
Every time when the season starts you have a goal, right? To reach the playoffs. You reach the playoffs, and then the next step is to win the Cup.
Right now I'm scoring goals and I'm the king of the world. And a couple weeks ago I was almost in the toilet. So maybe you just forget to flush me.
I played basketball and soccer but they are very different games, obviously. However, playing any kind of sport always helps you develop physically.
I don't want to be in a position like, O.K., just give me a contract and I'll be on the team and play every two games. I don't want to be like that.
NHL is the best league in the world and I feel that I should play in the best league in the world. Money's not an issue and you cannot buy happiness.
Sport is the biggest part of my life. It has allowed me to meet different people from various cultures and background and has greatly enriched my life.
I think it's people's choice, right? If you watch movie, you watch movie. If you play video games, you play video games. I play games on my phone as well.
In Moscow, if you have money, you're king. If you don't - sorry, man, get lost. I mean, it's like this everywhere. But in Moscow, it's much more hard-core.
When I was young, a little guy, I always played videogames, NHL, and always paid attention to the photo on the box. I always wanted to have my photo there.
It is a huge honor for me to be an ambassador for the entire Washington Capitals organization and the National Hockey League for this special trip to China.
When you play hockey, you don't have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you're focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.
I never look forward. I live for today. 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.
If you go to ice and you think, 'I must score' or 'I must get some points,' you won't score or get any points. You must go and play and don't think about it.
My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.
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 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'm looking forward to playing against Sidney Crosby as much as I am looking forward to playing against all of the other players in the NHL. And there is no rivalry.
I'm proud to have a small part in the growth of hockey in D.C., but our organization does so much every day to get young kids to play hockey and I'm always appreciative of that.