Alexander Ovechkin Quotes

I want to play more minutes. I'm a player who doesn't want to stay on the bench or not in the squad.

It's no secret I was willing to commit to Minnesota for five years. I'm very happy with my contract. I'd love to be in Minnesota. But like anybody else, I want to win.

When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.

I'm happy to stay at Chelsea as long as they're happy to have me.

When you play at City with top players, you don't have a guaranteed place in the starting eleven.

I just want to play for a team that wants me. So whichever team wants me I'll play for.

If I didn't play the way how I played, I wouldn't have gotten no max contract.

Players must understand that if they go after more lucrative contracts, then they forfeit their chances of playing in the national team.

When I signed for Espanyol, all I was thinking about was that I needed continuity in the first division.

Everybody in this league waits on an opportunity when you don't play the starter minutes, when you don't play the type of minutes you want. And with each given opportunity, you got to be ready to come out and perform.

I consider it an honor and a privilege to play for the Indianapolis Colts, and I would never want to jeopardize it by doing something stupid.

I'm a Chicago kid. So, of course, I'm open to playing for the Chicago Bulls if that's a team that's interested in me. At the same time, any decision that is made, it's never personal. It's always business. I have to make the right decision for me and my family.

Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.

I don't want to be jumping from team to team.

My brother told me when I came in the NFL, if they cut Peyton Manning, they're going to cut you someday too. That's always a realization for anybody in our livelihood.

I'm happy to play for Spurs.

This is the business of football and nothing is guaranteed to you as a player, coach or anybody else. They don't have to give you the money. They don't have to give you a longterm contract.

I'm loyal to Portland. I want to play my whole career here, but at any moment, they can decide we want somebody else.

It's good that I can play in two positions, as a centre-back or as a holding midfielder, as I just want to get minutes and get games.

Real Madrid are Real Madrid, and any player would want to be at Real Madrid. Why would I want to leave Real Madrid? I wanted to play, nothing else.

When I got drafted, I just wanted a jersey. Once they gave me the jerseys, like, I was just hoping that they kept me on the team.

I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.

Everyone knows how much I love it at Dortmund but I also want to make sure I'm part of a strong team with powerful players.

The 49ers drafted me assuming I wanted to play more than one year. At the time, I did, too. Things changed. They didn't deserve to be undercut. And I didn't want that to happen.

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