Jaromir Jagr Quotes

• You can't give up in any game, even if you are losing.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Giving Up, Games, Losing

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• All that matters is that you find a way to put the puck in the net. It doesn't matter how. I learned that from Mario.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Puck, Matter, Way

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• For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Special, Talent, Kind

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• Every time I see you naked, I feel sorry for your wife.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Sorry, Hockey, Nhl

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• I yell at the players if I don't like the way they are playing. But when they're playing well, I hug them.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Player, Hug, Way

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• I don't try to be anything. I just want to play my game.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Games, Play, Trying

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• I love to play for Pittsburgh. If they can't afford me, then I'd love to play in L.A. or New York.

  Jaromir Jagr

  New York, Hockey, Nhl

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• Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my real friends, the ones I've had since I was 5 years old. Sometimes I wish I could bring Czechoslovakia to America. Then I would be the happiest guy in the world.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Real, Hockey, Opposites

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• You appreciate things after you lose them.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Appreciate, Loses

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• When I'm not happy, I can't play. That's just the way I am.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Play, Way, Not Happy

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• I know how well I can play. I don't mention myself with the other players. I mention myself with the best.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Player, Wells, I Can

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• Old people, don't watch it because you might die just watching it.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Hockey, Nhl, People

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• There's probably a lot of people wondering if I can play.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Play, People, Wonder

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• I'm trying not to be a kid all the time, but it's hard.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Kids, Trying, Hard

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• My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Hockey, Nhl, Play

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• People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Play, People, Judging

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• Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Country, Moving, Games

  "Search Slap Shot SEARCH Bad Boys: Jaromir Jagr on Sean Avery and John Grahame". slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com. December 15, 2008.

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• I'm not 21 and trying to prove something with my words.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Trying, Prove

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• It's tough in the NHL; you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Nhl, Guy, Levels

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• You have to be a good team, but you have to be lucky and stay away from injuries.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Team, Lucky, Injury

  "What Did Jagr Say?". Philadelphia Flyers Press Conference Transcript, www.hockeybuzz.com. September 17, 2011.

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• In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Mistake, Pay

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• If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Night, Nhl, Lines

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• Crosby is a great player, but I'd have to say Ovechkin, who is also a great player but doesn't have the same kind of support, and who does something great on almost every shift.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Player, Support, Doe

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• Russia has got to be the team to beat, in my opinion. When they are playing together as a team, they are tough to beat.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Team, Russia, Together

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