Athlete

My parents, they don't say to me you have to play hockey. They just see me and how I love what's going on on the ice, how I love this atmosphere.

I just enjoy playing hockey obviously.

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

I can't stand bad breath.

Without training, I'm nothing. If I'm not training, I'm done. Any athlete, they have to train and they have to practice to win games. For sure. One hundred percent. You have to be training.

I like running all the time. When I run, I feel much better.

I just push myself to work hard.

We play a game for a living.

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.

The most important thing is if you keep your body in good shape, you know what you have to do for your body.

I started playing hockey late and it was unclear until the very last moment if I was talented or not. But it turned out well.

Obviously, I don't want to play on a different team than Washington.

Moscow is a big city. It's all nerves - something's always happening somewhere. D.C. is a quiet, calm family town.

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

We create our own destiny.

Some people don't like telling about personal life. I don't like it, either, but you want to tell the fans where I'm growing up, how I did it, who supports me - see my house, my family. It's nice.

My hope, it's not only my hope, but all of the NHL hopes to raise hockey in China because it's a good country to raise hockey.

I think it's people's choice, right? If you watch movie, you watch movie. If you play video games, you play video games. I play games on my phone as well.

I have a good relationship with Russians, and with Americans. So I'm neutral.