Alexander Ovechkin Quotes

The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

My wife is from Russia. I like the country, the mentality of the people.

I believe it is no secret that I like Japan very much - Japanese culture, sport, including judo, but it will not offend anyone if I say that I like Russia even more.

I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.

I'm very inspired by the artfulness and soulfulness of the Russian people.

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

I've always considered myself to be Russian: my native language is Russian.

I like Russia. I love Russians!

You cannot understand Russia if you look at her through Western eyes.

I'm tired of Italian gangsters. Not that I don't watch 'The Godfather' every morning when I get up and 'Goodfellas' when I go to sleep at night. But I've just always been fascinated by Russia as a country, by the Russian personality. And now Russia is literally a gangster nation.

I lived in Moscow for four years and really, really enjoyed it, and I have a really deep love for the Russian language and Russian culture.

I know Russia well.

My father was a teacher of the Russian language and literature in high school.

I can never marry an obese guy.

Not too many people out there are interested in Russia so much that they really want to watch things about Russia and only about Russia.

I grew up in Russia. I grew up in Latvia, to be exact.

Even though you picture Russians as stoic, their language is really poetic.

I have so many incredible fans in Russia, I really badly want to go there.

I hope and wish that it's a Telugu boy for me. I have fallen completely in love with Telugu weddings and the rituals.

No offense, but I don't get the whole concept of arranged marriage. I'd rather know the person who I'll settle down with.

I feel really lucky to have had 'War and Peace' as my first big telly job. I was playing this incredible character, and we were shooting in Catherine the Great's palace near St. Petersburg in the winter, when the river was frozen. It was a dream. I still can't believe it. I wanted to soak up every last minute.