Jaromir Jagr Quotes (138 Quotes)


    Maybe for some guys it would take a month, hopefully my body is different and heals quick. I'll have to pray a lot and hope for miracles. If the pain lets me play a little bit, I'll be on the ice the first chance I have.

    Even when they scored those two goals, we had it under control.

    For whatever reason, they wanted to trade me, ... Maybe I didn't play the way they expect me to play. Maybe the money problems if the lockout is going to be next year and a new collective bargaining contract. A lot of things happen. They have to make a decision. They want to do what is best for the team and I understand that. But you asked me if I'm upset about it. No, I'm not. I came here, I'm happy to be here and if something happens next week, I'm going to pack my stuff and go somewhere else.

    What can they tell us They cannot give you any strong medicine because they drug test you and when you play it's not easy. As long as I can go a little bit, I'm going to play. If I know 100 percent I wouldn't get better, I wouldn't play.

    We need to get it right or it's going to be even harder to win hockey games later on. If you want to be good in this league and compete for the playoffs, you need to be good on home ice. We weren't able to do it the last two games.


    I haven't looked at the stats the last four years because I wasn't up there. That's why I didn't look at it.

    I am not running from that. If that happens, it would be a big honor to me and I would feel a lot more comfortable than if that happened a year ago.

    Maybe it's going to take one ugly win to get the confidence back. Before the Olympic break we just couldn't lose. Now it looks like we cannot win.

    You can't look at the big picture. By losing three straight you can't say, 'Let's win four.' We didn't play good the last 10 games of the season. We're just lucky we had enough points to make (the playoffs).

    He's a great guy. He's not only good coach, but I think he understands the life of hockey, how important is it off the ice, to even treat the players off the ice, not only on the ice. The chemistry on team, it's great. It's so far been fun for everybody here.

    I am not trying to look for any records. I wanted to help this team make the playoffs.

    Some people picked us for last in the NHL. I think they're very wrong.

    He won the Cup here. Once you do that, your place in history has to be guaranteed.

    When I'm counting how many times I'm coughing in a day, in a week, holy cow.

    I don't really care how we done it, we done it.

    I thought we were dominating from the first shift. Even when the score was tied after the first period, we were in their zone and we had a lot of scoring chances.

    It's a big honor. Just look at all the players that played for the New York Rangers. Obviously, it's a big honor for me.

    It used to be much worse. It's been four years, but it is more special because we're playing a very good team tonight. It's not so much that it came against Pittsburgh, but it's more about how we're playing as a team.

    We knew it was not going to be easy for him. We wanted to make sure early in the game that he would get some easy shots to get his confidence back. It's not easy when you don't play for such a great time. And he did a great job. And we did a great job, too. They didn't get that many chances. I thought we played good.

    It was very special for me. I had so much time to look around and put the puck where I wanted to.

    I'm glad they did it because we can learn. Something might happen in the playoffs and we have to learn from that -- how to handle that.

    Of course it's nice to be in first, but there's 30 games to go. To be honest with you, I'm not upset.

    It's not a good situation that we are in. Everybody knows how important these next four games are at home. It might be our season. That's the way I look at it. I thought we started playing better in the last two games. It's just that the results are not there.

    I was lucky again, and you have to be lucky in this tournament. It was good to score because you never know what will happen in the final three minutes.

    We have to step back a little bit because we thought we are a lot better than we really are. Those two games including Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Devils teach us we're not there yet.

    I do not think it is soon. I think there is time to leave, at least I feel so. This is my feeling.

    If you want to win the hockey games you have to make sure you score on the power play and make sure they don't score on the power play. We knew special teams were gonna be huge.

    First off, it's going to be a different team than Pittsburgh was today. As long as we play the same way as we did today, we'll have a chance.

    I don't think they played their best. We as a team played a good hockey game.

    It wasn't a good start for us, for sure. The whole game, we had to chase it. The only good thing being down 3-0 was that we had 55 minutes left to try to get at least a point.

    It's like when your wife is chasing you every day, everywhere you go and you want to have freedom.

    The way I feel right now, he may have a day off tomorrow. He will have an easy day. But that's okay. I might be back next week.

    We played 50 minutes with everything under control. We just have to learn how to finish the last 10.

    All we needed was one victory or one point and we couldn't do it.

    The chemistry on the team is great, and so far it's been fun for everybody here.

    The year off helped me a lot. I was able to play in the Czech Republic and Russia. You know, the same routine for 14 years, I'm not saying it was getting tiring, but it was mentally tiring, probably.

    I always had more assists than goals, ... It's just this year I look like a goal scorer.

    The biggest thing, he's not afraid, he's not scared. I don't think he's nervous when he goes to the penalty shot. I don't think he feels the pressure.

    One positive thing is we don't have to travel very far. Maybe our fans will be in the building. Maybe it will feel like seven home games. It's good for hockey and it's good for New York. More people are going to get interested in the playoffs.

    In order to win games, your top line has to score. Some nights, it works for us, and tonight was one of those nights.

    I want to win the Cup and I want to win the Cup in New York. My first two years, when I won the Cup in Pittsburgh, especially the first year, I was on the third or fourth line, and I wasn't really involved in the game, there was Mario and other veterans who carried the team and they kinda gave the Cup to me.

    I've been on some hot streak lately. Hopefully, I can play the same way in the Olympics, but hopefully I can play even better when I come back after the Olympics. I go to represent my country, but my job is to play good for the New York Rangers .

    If the pain lets me play a little bit, I'll be on the ice. That's what I can guarantee. I don't know when or how long it's gonna take. It's not easy, but it's done. I cannot take it back ... I'm hoping I can play in this series.

    I know him, and he's a big part of our hockey club and it's going to be a big challenge.

    Most of the time it's open. It's up to you if you want to take the risk or not.

    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 five years old. Sometimes I wish I could bring Czechoslovakia to America. Then I would be the happiest guy in the world.

    I am happy for it. Look at the great players here in the past 80 years.

    First, we have to make the playoffs. Any point right now is huge.

    We've got nothing to lose. We're almost dead. I said that if I could play, I was going to play. I didn't help much. Somehow we have to score goals.

    I don't like teams where the general manager or coaches are separated, ... Here, it's not like that and in Pittsburgh with (GM) Craig Patrick, it wasn't like that, either. Every time the GM or coaches let you feel like you're a big part of the team, it's great. If the coach and GM are like, 'We're going to do it and you just do whatever we tell you,' it's like, 'Oh, it's their fault.' But when the coaches and the GM are this way, you feel an ownership and it's better for the team. You give more.


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