je checkais les topics sur le forum du site des Canucks, et j´ai vu un topic sur Ovechkin. C´est un gars qui poste des phrases qu´"Alexander The Great" a dit en interview qui sont parfois marrantes. Bien entendu , c´Est en anglais. Mais je pourrais traduire quelques bouts par demande.
Reporter: So who do you like to watch on the highlights?
Ovechkin: "Me"
"I play for team. If I score, I´m glad. If we win, I´m glad, too. We lose all games. We must win something. This game we win. We´re happy."
"The only goal we score was on penalty shot, ... There were many penalty. First period we play [with] four players. We gave first period away. We not played good. Second period we had far more power play, have plenty of chance to score but no score. Buffalo score goals. We got to score."
"I saw the rebound and when the puck came to me, I said, ´Oh my God, puck,´ " said Ovechkin. "I must shoot." 
"The [ice] was no good and I just shot it and I score."
"Did you see when I ended up in the penalty box? I haven´t even done anything."
Reporter ~ "What´s the greatest thing about playing in the NHL?´
Ovechkin ~ "NHL."
Reporter ~"The NHL?"
Ovechkin ~ Nods head, walks away.
"I´ve been waiting for this day, ... I wanted to play in Carolina and Buffalo, but Coach said your first game, you must play it at home."
"Everybody in Toronto loves hockey," Ovechkin said. "Every time the game is sold out. . .I like to play when everybody watches me."
Interviewer: (Is talking about how good Crosby has it because he´s with star players, Lemieux, Palffy, etc....)
Ovechkin : So? I´ve got Halpern(then lists off five other teammates) 
"I must thank my [teammates] for giving me two excellent passes. It was just a shot. I must only shoot and I score two goals.
"This is the best league in the world," he said, "and I feel that I should play in the best league in the world. Money is not an issue and you cannot buy happiness."
"When I wake up now, I don´t have breakfast. I try to make something, but it´s no good. I just go to Starbucks and eat chocolate."
I want to win the Stanley Cup," he said in English, which he has been practicing only a year. "I want to be the best, just the best. I must work. I must learn. Help my team. Play hockey, that´s all. Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do."
The father tells the son: "If team wins and you score, you are good. If you score three goals and team loses, no good. You must play hard so team wins." [that´s from his dad, but it´s close enough; besides Ovechkin has clearly taken it to heart]
"Nothing changes," he said. "If you are a great hockey player, you must be a great man."
"Here you see 65 (mph) and you can go 80. In Russia, you see 65 and you can go 100 or whatever you want. Just give the police some money."
After a game against:
"I´m very excited we win this game," Ovechkin said. "I remember two games against Atlanta we lose by 15 goals or something. I said, ´Come on guys, we need win this game. Don´t be afraid, let´s go.´ "
"Zubie helps me with everything," Ovechkin said. "I don´t know something, I just say, ´Hey Zubie, help me.´ If I want to go somewhere, I just call him and ask him where [to] go and he tells me."
"I try to practice English all the time," he said. "At dinner with Zubie and other players, I speak English. I must get better."
"The coach said five players on defence and five players on attack, and always try to listen to the coach and play how he asks."
"I like attention. I like when everybody wants my signature," he said. "We´ve got lots of games. Sometimes he´s best. Sometimes I´m best. We must play how we can. No thinking, ´Oh my God, I must do something special.´ We must play for the team."
"I understand pretty much everything, but I can´t talk yet," he said in Russian. "Too many mistakes. So, I still need to work on my English."
Reporter: Don´t you have an interpreter?
Ovechkin: Nope. Actually, I don´t need one.
Is it hard for you to get used to American life-style?
A. Ovechkin: Well, I have to get used to it no matter what. I should adapt myself to their pattern. As I understand, you tried to ask me how often I go to McDonald´s? Sometimes. Tonight we are going to a restaurant with Zubrus and a couple of other guys. Actually, I like meals at George´s house. His family asks me: "What would you like, Sasha?" - "Doesn´t matter. I´d eat what you guys eat."
"Right now? Me!"
-Alexander Ovechkin when asked who his favorite NHL player was.
"I´m very excited we win this game. I remember two games against Atlanta we lose by 15 goals or something. I said, ´Come on guys, we need win this game. Don´t be afraid, let´s go.´ "
-AO on playing the Thrashers.
"I want to win the rookie award. Crosby and Vanek are good players. We have the same chances. We must prove who is the best. I don´t know who is best. But I try to be best."
-AO on NHL rookies and the Calder Trophy
"I can score more."
(When asked why he doesn´t, he points at his head)
"I don´t know. It´s me, the reason."
-AO on his scoring ability.
"If you are second, you are second. If you are first, you are first. I always want to be first. My mom and dad always said [whether] you play hockey or football, you always want to be first."
-AO on winning.
"I from Russia. I don`t like game."
moi qui croyais qu´il était arrogant , stupide et sérieux mais dans le fonc je me suis trompé.
Il est hilarant, a de la difficulté avec son anglais donc c´est ce qui le rend drôle quand il se rend pas compte qu´il sort des affaires pas rapport, il aime ses fans, il prends leurs stylos et il dessine des bonhommes alumettes sur ses bâtons lol
