Alexander Ovechkin Quotes

Your receivers have to catch it, not drop it.

I think I can do everything on the basketball floor. I just gotta be consistent in what I do.

In ice dancing, you cannot decide your result. You just have to do your best, and you can't decide if you win or not.

Baseball is a game of inches.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

Sometimes my passes don't find people, but I do try and create.

If you're aiming for a hole in one, and you get one, you feel lucky - but at the same time you can justifiably say, 'Well, I was aiming for the hole anyway.'

Yes, many times an assist is more difficult than a goal; you need to find the right space and measure the force used in order to provide your teammate with the right position in order to score.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

My dad can shoot pretty good from outside.

Hockey is a difficult and skill-based game.

It's quite easy in football when you can bang it into the top corner.

I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.

I only try to play good soccer.

I got lucky that they throw me the ball a lot and it's my job to make those catches.

Why is it that if you hit a shot to within a tenth of an inch of the hole, it's a great shot, but if it goes in, it's luck?

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

I also think that I had great mechanics.

In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.