28 Quotes by Ilya Kovalchuk

I never want to be the poster guy. It's not me.

This decision was something I have thought about for a long time going back to the lockout and spending the year in Russia. Though I decided to return this past season, Lou was aware of my desire to go back home and have my family there with me. The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.

The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.

I want to keep growing. I should take a couple steps every year if I want to be one of the best players in the league.

I don't care about [being a star]. The most important thing for me now is just do my job.

He took a stupid penalty. He's an 18-year-old kid, and he's got to learn he can't play like this.

I don't think about how many goals I'm going to score. I don't care. I would give up all my goals for the eighth playoff spot.

You can't play perfect for all 82 games. It wasn't our best time, but now I think we're going to make a final push for the playoffs.

These guys scored a lot of goals against Washington, ... We didn't do the right things. We didn't work hard.