• Fighting is necessary in hockey. But if you fight, you have to choose your partner carefully. If you're an experienced player and you want to fight, you can't choose a player who has never fought in his life.

    Alexander Ovechkin: Fighting is necessary in hockey. But if you fight, you have to choose your partner carefully. If you're an experienced player and you want to fight, you can't choose a player who has never fought in his life.
    "Ovechkin: 'There will always be critics'". Interview with Brett Forrest, www.espn.com. December 12, 2011.