Athlete

They call me Caveman because I don't care what others think of me.

Actually I love acting in commercials and I see no shame in that.

I think I will only marry a Russian, well, I mean, a girl from Russia.

When I was young, a little guy, I always played videogames, NHL, and always paid attention to the photo on the box. I always wanted to have my photo there.

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

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

My view is my view. Your view is your view.

As a player you don't want to hurt someone and you don't want to see someone leave the ice with the doctors.

As soon as you win the Cup, you don't want to lose that feeling. You want to win more than one. As soon as you taste it, it's kind of like a really good restaurant. You go there once, and you want to come back more than once because it's great.

My father is my idol. He supports me all the time. He has given me the way to life.

My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.

I always like to spend time with the kids, especially with kids who need help. For them and for the parents, to see their smile is always nice.

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

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.

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 hard to see a player go down and it's hard to see him get hurt.

The most important thing for us is winning the Stanley Cup and I want to win.

When someone asks to sign on the money I always refuse. Bad omen.

It was always the goal to score as many goals as I can. But every year is harder and harder.

If I have a bad game, coaches, teammates tell me not to worry, next game I'll score. When people tell you this, it makes you comfortable.