"I'd like someone who will take care of me, sit with me and watch TV. Ha! I'm making her sound like a baby sitter." - Alexei Yagudin

"That's how so many of these songs came, in this "Under the Pink" world. If you rip all your skin off, we're all pink, and it's about what's underneath that. That's how I see it, anyway." - Tori Amos

"When I first moved here, Tatiana promised she'd buy me a dog if I could do ten perfect jumps. I did them over and over and over again and she was never happy. So, I went out and bought my own dog." - Alexei Yagudin

"Living with a smart girl is tough, but the opposite is much worse" - Alexei Yagudin

"The U.S. and Canada are beautiful countries and the people are so friendly. In Europe if someone pushes me, they never say sorry. In America they do." - Alexei Yagudin

"Never use the word 'fan' again, because you're ears with feet...." - Tori Amos

"I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you." - Wayne Gretzky

"Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac." - Ronnie Corbett

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." - Muhammad Ali

"You cannot compare Ovechkin to anyone. He is in his own class." - Goran Stubb

"I'll keep working so the coach can see I am saying, 'Give me a chance, give me a chance to play." - Alexander Ovechkin

"He is not like (countryman) Ilya Kovalchuk, who is a great player but a little bit funny. Ovechkin is very steady, very mature, very bright-minded. If he is not one of the next superstars, I don't know anything about hockey." - Goran Stubb

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