Latest Alexander Ovechkin Quotes from Interviews

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• A championship team wins because it already has established players, while a talented team is just beginning to establish players.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Team, Winning, Player

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I played basketball and soccer but they are very different games, obviously. However, playing any kind of sport always helps you develop physically.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• 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.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  League, World

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• 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.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Player, Looking Forward, Rivalry

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• My style is unique and it's my own. I do not try to copy or imitate anybody.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Unique, Style, Trying

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I think I must play how I can, that's all. And if I play my best I'll be happy. It doesn't matter because NHL is the best league in the world and we have great players so whoever the coach puts me with is the best. The coach knows best.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Player, Thinking, League

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I play better left wing. I prefer left, but I can play center or right.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Left Wing

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• In North America ice was smaller because in Russia we have big ice and this is small ice and it's a more physical game. Russia has more technicals and this has more speed and is a more physical game.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Speed

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• There will always be critics. On one hand, criticism can be positive. On the other hand, criticism can be negative. But critics will always be watching the game. If you listen to everybody, you can go crazy. I have my own point of view, and I always try to keep it.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Crazy, Views, Hands

  "Ovechkin: 'There will always be critics'". Interview with Brett Forrest, www.espn.com. December 12, 2011.

• Fighting is necessary in hockey. But if you fight, you have to choose your partner carefully. If you're an experienced player and you want to fight, you can't choose a player who has never fought in his life.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Fighting, Hockey, Player

  "Ovechkin: 'There will always be critics'". Interview with Brett Forrest, www.espn.com. December 12, 2011.

• 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.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Thinking, Years, Two

  Source: espn.go.com