My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

I don't try to be anything. I just want to play my game.

Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my real friends, the ones I've had since I was 5 years old. Sometimes I wish I could bring Czechoslovakia to America. Then I would be the happiest guy in the world.

For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

I'm not 21 and trying to prove something with my words.

If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night.

I know how well I can play. I don't mention myself with the other players. I mention myself with the best.