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Player Ovechkin Quotes

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Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:33 am
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Saw this on Canucks' forum, thought I'd copy and paste this here... it just shows how easy it is to like and root for Ovechkin, the kid's got a great personality along with his skills as a hockey player.
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Reporter: So who do you like to watch on the highlights?

Ovechkin: "Me"

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"I play for team. If I score, I'm glad. If we win, I'm glad, too. We lose all games. We must win something. This game we win. We're happy."

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"I saw the rebound and when the puck came to me, I said, 'Oh my God, puck,' " said Ovechkin. "I must shoot."

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"The [ice] was no good and I just shot it and I score."

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"Did you see when I ended up in the penalty box? I haven't even done anything."

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Reporter ~ "What's the greatest thing about playing in the NHL?'

Ovechkin ~ "NHL."

Reporter ~"The NHL?"

Ovechkin ~ Nods head, walks away.

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"I've been waiting for this day, ... I wanted to play in Carolina and Buffalo, but Coach said your first game, you must play it at home."

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"Everybody in Toronto loves hockey," Ovechkin said. "Every time the game is sold out. . .I like to play when everybody watches me."

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Interviewer: (Is talking about how good Crosby has it because he's with star players, Lemieux, Palffy, etc....)

Ovechkin : So? I've got Halpern(then lists off five other teammates)

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"I must thank my [teammates] for giving me two excellent passes. It was just a shot. I must only shoot and I score two goals.

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"This is the best league in the world," he said, "and I feel that I should play in the best league in the world. Money is not an issue and you cannot buy happiness."

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"When I wake up now, I don't have breakfast. I try to make something, but it's no good. I just go to Starbucks and eat chocolate."

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I want to win the Stanley Cup," he said in English, which he has been practicing only a year. "I want to be the best, just the best. I must work. I must learn. Help my team. Play hockey, that's all. Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do."

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"Here you see 65 (mph) and you can go 80. In Russia, you see 65 and you can go 100 or whatever you want. Just give the police some money."

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"Zubie helps me with everything," Ovechkin said. "I don't know something, I just say, 'Hey Zubie, help me.' If I want to go somewhere, I just call him and ask him where [to] go and he tells me."

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"I like attention. I like when everybody wants my signature," he said.

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"We've got lots of games. Sometimes he's best. Sometimes I'm best. We must play how we can. No thinking, 'Oh my God, I must do something special.' We must play for the team."

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"I understand pretty much everything, but I can't talk yet," he said in Russian.

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"Too many mistakes. So, I still need to work on my English."

Reporter: Don't you have an interpreter?

Ovechkin: Nope. Actually, I don't need one.

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Is it hard for you to get used to American life-style?

A. Ovechkin: Well, I have to get used to it no matter what. I should adapt myself to their pattern. As I understand, you tried to ask me how often I go to McDonald's? Sometimes. Tonight we are going to a restaurant with Zubrus and a couple of other guys. Actually, I like meals at George's house. His family asks me: "What would you like, Sasha?" - "Doesn't matter. I'd eat what you guys eat."