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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

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Alexander Ovechkin
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: September 17
Ice Hockey Player
Moscow
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I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.
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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.
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If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.
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Girls, where are you? I can't find you.
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I played basketball and soccer but they are very different games, obviously. However, playing any kind of sport always helps you develop physically.
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Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.
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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.
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Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians than any other athletes in the whole world. Since I was a little kid and since everybody was a little kid, their dream was playing in Olympic Games, especially if we have a chance to represent our country in Sochi, it's unbelievable and it's going to be a great thing.
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When you come to a new team, new world, new people, you feel a little bit uncomfortable. But my teammates, they are tremendous guys.
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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.
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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.
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Maybe's he's just jealous I have hair.
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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.
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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.
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The NHL is the best in the world, it has the best players. I love the NHL.
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Hockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey.
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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.
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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.
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I play better left wing. I prefer left, but I can play center or right.
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Everybody is jumping up and down back in Russia. Probably lots of vodka, too.
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