I'm proud to be Russian. We have probably the best country in the world. Everything is the best: hockey players, cars, girls.
Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.
The beauty of hockey players is that they make everyone feel included and make everyone feel a part of it.
My dream is to see athletes also getting the same recognition, fame, success and money as cricketers, footballers and hockey players get in India.
We'll have clinics and educational events and conferences to get more and more young players developing as hockey players.
It is no fun lining up in your own building - as the hockey players say - and touching the hands of fellow stubbly louts who have just sent you off to the proverbial cabin on the lake.
For good reasons, there are no ties during the Stanley Cup season. Somebody needs to win so the lads can get out to their cottages on the lakes, where all hockey players spend their summers, or so I have been told.
All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
We've met a ton of pro hockey players, got to know them, our music plays in their locker rooms. We've always taken pride in that.
It's a great culture to be a part of: there are hockey players all over the world. It has taken me to an education, getting an education at Wisconsin. I've been able to travel the world.
