“I don't want to be in a position like, O.K., just give me a contract a...” — Alexander Ovechkin Quote

“I don't want to be in a position like, O.K., just give me a contract and I'll be on the team and play every two games. I don't want to be like that.”

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

“My parents did a great job.”

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

“I believe sport brings people together and allows them to feel united for a common goal.”

“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.”

“If I didn't have the wrestling name that I have, I wouldn't have gotten the financial contract that I got with Strikeforce or the long-term contract or the television contract. That's all because of wrestling.”

“I just loved kicking a ball but I was determined to be a footballer and I wanted a professional contract, I would go to any professional club to get one. From 15, all I wanted was to be a footballer.”

“I wanted to quit the industry when I was eighteen and finish '70s', finish my contract on the show and go to college because I was pretty convinced that after '70s' and after being on a show for eight years that I would be very much pigeonholed for something specific that I didn't want to be a part of anymore.”

“So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.”

“I had gone to work for 'Newsweek', left 'Newsweek' and went to work for 'Vanity Fair,' and then went back to 'Newsweek'. I came back to 'SI' as a contract writer.”