Alexander Ovechkin Quotes

Sometimes I want to joke but my English isn't perfect. Sometimes people are wondering what I'm talking about.

I don't want to play for a no-good team. I want to win. I want to be on a good team like we see right now. We have great young guys. We have great experienced guys. Everything goes up.

All friends and relatives supported me. I do not know what to say. This is the victory for all Russians, for the whole country. We won the gold medal we were dreaming about. We deserved it.

My dream has come true. I play with the great players and on a great team. I'm smiling and happy and enjoying the time of my life.

It was a good year. When I win the Stanley Cup, I'll say it's my best year.

I want to win, I want to win everything. If I have a chance to win, why not?

We never give up, we believe in each other, we believe in the coach, we believe in everybody. Only when you believe do you win the Stanley Cup.

I'm ready. They hit me hard. I hit them hard. Doesn't matter who hits. What matters is results.

My coaches and teammates really trusted me and gave me a chance to improve. They would come to me after a game I didn't score and say, 'Hey, don't worry about it. Next game you'll score.' The guys were great. It's an unbelievable team. It feels like home for me.

My goal is the same, work like last year, play hard all the time. Try and score goals.

I don't think about (being) the face of the NHL - I just enjoy my time right now. Playing in the NHL was my dream come true and I'm playing with great players. I feel trust and I'm happy because I'm having the time of my life.

You can't just stand and say to yourself, 'OK, right now I'm the best. That's it. No more working.' If you're a good player you have to be working harder and harder. This is not just my goal, it's my team goal. We can improve more and we can probably be even better than last year. My dream is to be the best.

We're young and we just have fun and right now we're here in the all-star game and it's unbelievable.

I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.

I don't care what people say about me and what they think about me. I care about my team and I care about myself. Lots of people watch hockey, and I think everybody has different thinking.