<<< "When Mats Sundin scores a big goal everyone is happy and when Curtis Joseph makes a big save it's the same thing. For me, it's making a good play on a 2-on-1 or throwing a big hit." >>>

<<< "I did that as a joke. I've done it a couple times in the regular season and in the playoffs. It's just meant to be fun." - Markov explaining why he blessed his hockey stick with a short prayer before a game >>>

<<< "Please boys. No cameras. I look so bad. Please." - To the cameramen wanting an interview after game 6 against Ottawa when he took a puck in the face.>>>


<<< "When I see the Pittsburgh players, I just think "**** you!", and "**** you too!!'" - During the Pittsburgh-Toronto series. Markov describing his attitude on the ice.>>>

<<< "I told them, he no win. They no win" To the Ottawa Senators bench after Markov took a puck in the face>>>

<<< "Sometimes, when we get going back and forth, he tells me 'I need a whole lot of shut-up'". - Darcy Tucker about his arguments with Markov. >>>

<<< "I can't dance like him, but I listen to his music sometimes" - Markov on his "namesake" Elvis. He was given the name Elvis by teammates because of his fashion style. >>>

<<< "My father taught me how to play this way. He pushed me to play as hard as I can and I've always tried to do that. It's just emotion. I love playing hockey. I love to just go, go, go." - Markov talking about his father and his style of play >>>

<<< "My reaction was I tried to open my eye and I couldn't because of all the blood," Markov explained. "Later on I opened it and felt there was nothing wrong with my eye. Just a broken nose and a couple cuts. It all took maybe 30 minutes. "(The training staff) said, 'If you don't want to go, don't go.' But it was just a cut. Nothing stopped me." - Markov on playing through the pain >>>

<<< "Danny is not the type of guy who comes to you asking what to do. He tries to figure things out himself. He doesn't need much attention. I point out things sometimes to him but he's learning very quick by watching others on th eice. When I play with him, I don't feel he's a rookie. He plays like a veteran. It seems like every game he gains more confidence in himself. He's just doing great. We push each other."--Former Maple Leaf Dmitry Yushkevich about Markov. >>>

<<< ""I remember that game. I didn't know anybody when I got to the rink. They (his teammates) said, 'Good hit'."--Danny Markov on his first game in North America and the encounter with the Philadelphia Phantoms mascot. >>>

<<< "You look like stupid." - Markov reportedly said during a Phoenix Coyotes game. >>>

<<< "It's a good city to live in and play hockey," he said of Phoenix. "First of all, it is very beautiful weather and sun everyday, the way I like it. Every morning you can wake up, open your eyes and there's sun. Not like Toronto." - Markov on living in the Valley of the Sun >>>

<<< "I would say that he is the most enjoyable person I have ever played with." - Former Phoenix goaltender Sean Burke about Danny Markov. >>>

<<< "He plays better the uglier he is" "Everytime I see him, his nose is further away from his face."- From a Coyote teammate describing Markov. I think Claude Lemieux said it, but not sure. >>>

<<< "He stinks at fishing. He'll tell you he is good at fishing, but he is plain awful." - Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Robert Esche on Markov's fishing abilities >>>

<<< "Nobody understands Markov when he gets wound up. You could have the best interpreter in the world brought in from the UN and it ain't gonna work." - Philadelphia coach Ken Hitchcock >>>

<<< "I heard from some players before that the Flyers didn't like Russians. But I don't think it's that way any more. We have three on our team now." - Danny on the reported "biased" against Russians in Philadelphia >>>

<<< "I've been on a lot of clubs, but not like this one," Markov said. "Sometimes you have a good team and good players. But inside the dressing room, there is something wrong. Here, I feel the inside is very good. That is a good sign for success." - Markov on playing for the Philadelphia Flyers >>>

<<< "When I was growing up, it was a tough time and we didn't know anything about the NHL. When I was 6, 7 or 8, I don't think about the NHL." - Markov on why the NHL wasn't important in Russia. >>>

<<< "I love the guy. Everybody has a team that they would like to hand select, and he would be on my team any day. He is just so gritty, he plays so hard and is very, very talented. A lot of people don’t give him enough credit for being as talented as he is, but he is going to be very exciting to watch. He skates like the wind; he hits guys really hard and plays with a lot of emotion and passion, which is always fun to witness. We used to go fishing all the time together. He is a good, good man." - Robert Esche >>>