People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs.

I'm trying not to be a kid all the time, but it's hard.

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.

Russia has got to be the team to beat, in my opinion. When they are playing together as a team, they are tough to beat.

You can't give up in any game, even if you are losing.

Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.

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.