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.
Alexander Ovechkin
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.
Without training, I'm nothing. If I'm not training, I'm done. Any athlete, they have to train and they have to practice to win games. For sure. One hundred percent. You have to be training.
Time move forward, and time move quick. So you just have to enjoy every second, every moment.
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.
They call me Caveman because I don't care what others think of me.
My father is my idol. He supports me all the time. He has given me the way to life.
I live my life to the maximum.
It's only first place in NHL. Nobody remembers who's second place. Everyone remembers the winner.
Every milestone is special.
You can't be 25 all the time.
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.
I love driving cars.
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.
My view is my view. Your view is your view.
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.
Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.
The Olympic Games is the most important tournament for Russian guys.
As soon as you win the Cup, you don't want to lose that feeling. You want to win more than one. As soon as you taste it, it's kind of like a really good restaurant. You go there once, and you want to come back more than once because it's great.
To be honest, I don't remember what happened in '95, '96 and '97. It was hard years. My memory is deleting.
I always like to spend time with the kids, especially with kids who need help. For them and for the parents, to see their smile is always nice.
When someone asks to sign on the money I always refuse. Bad omen.
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.
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.
My parents did a great job.
The most important thing is if you keep your body in good shape, you know what you have to do for your body.
I just try to do my best to shoot the puck and we'll see what's going to happen with it.
I can eat anything. After practice I can stop at McDonald's. I don't have a problem with gaining weight, thank God.
I normally try to drive carefully.
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.
Some people don't like telling about personal life. I don't like it, either, but you want to tell the fans where I'm growing up, how I did it, who supports me - see my house, my family. It's nice.
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.
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.
If I have a chance to hit somebody, it does not matter who it is.
It means a lot to represent your country.
People have own mind, own views.
If somebody ask me to do something for my country, I will. If there's a world championship, I go.
Mother Nature give me a hell of a body. My parents or whatever. Thanks, Mom and Dad. Mother of nature... From Russia with love.
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.
The road is the best spot to drive - just anywhere.
I just want to do my best for my country.
Russian machine never breaks.
I have an excellent body, not an extra gram of fat. A washboard stomach.
I like running all the time. When I run, I feel much better.
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.
I'm not a real central-Moscow kid. I'm not used to luxury stuff.
If you compare Russia and America, they are two different worlds. People, cars, clothes. Girls' figures. Especially girls' figures. Why do you think that is, that when an American goes to Russia for a week, he stays for two extra weeks? Girls! And when a Russian goes to America for a week, he leaves in five days. I'm serious!
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.
Moscow is a big city. It's all nerves - something's always happening somewhere. D.C. is a quiet, calm family town.
Actually I love acting in commercials and I see no shame in that.
