Quotes from Alexander Ovechkin

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.

Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.

It doesn't matter what division you are in. You must prove that you deserve to be where you are every game. The proof is not offered with words, but with action.

Fifty is a pretty cool number.

When you play hockey, you don't have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you're focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.

Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.

I just try to do my best to shoot the puck and we'll see what's going to happen with it.

I want to be a winner. But you can see Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Wayne Gretzky - that kind of people - where you can see and say yeah, this is players who win everything. I want to be in this page, too.

It's only first place in NHL. Nobody remembers who's second place. Everyone remembers the winner.

I can eat anything. After practice I can stop at McDonald's. I don't have a problem with gaining weight, thank God.

Mother Nature give me a hell of a body. My parents or whatever. Thanks, Mom and Dad. Mother of nature... From Russia with love.

Time move forward, and time move quick. So you just have to enjoy every second, every moment.

A thousand games for one organization, it's pretty cool, and I'm going to be the first guy to do it in Washington.

My parents did a great job.

Sport is the biggest part of my life. It has allowed me to meet different people from various cultures and background and has greatly enriched my life.

To me, I feel like your accomplishments have been recognized when you make the cover of a videogame.

Of course in a game you have to be serious, but still you have to have fun.

To be honest, I don't remember what happened in '95, '96 and '97. It was hard years. My memory is deleting.

I'm proud to be Russian. We have probably the best country in the world. Everything is the best: hockey players, cars, girls.

I think it is very important to spend time to help make people all over the world see how great a game hockey is.

I just enjoy playing hockey obviously.

Hockey has changed. The game has changed. You just have to be ready for that.

The season is long. When I'm off, I try to distract myself from hockey.

I think it's very important for the Chinese people, the Chinese government to build lots of hockey rinks, bring some coaches here and learn the game, and I think they will do well.