I speak a little bit of Russian.

I'm very excited about some of the novels that I have adapted. I think they're equally as powerful, if not more. Going After Cacciato (by Tim O'Brien) is something I'm very passionate about.

Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet and chess and art and read a lot.

There (in the Soviet Union) it was a science. In order to be a coach, you had to study in school.

In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They're like old hockey players. They don't go to school and study.

If you're a skilled player, you want to use your skill, not just hit the puck.

Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for the first time, to me, it was profound.

If people see North American hockey and they see violence and brutality and it's not so interesting, that sends a message too about your culture.

I'm American and I wanted my friend and people to see ' Red Army' . I didn't want it to be a film for Russia, although I did show it there and they absolutely loved it.

I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the 90's was the right time period to tell the story.

My parents are from the former Soviet Union, from Ukraine, and I grew up wanting to be a professional hockey player.

That must be what power does to a man: erases what he knows and makes him remember only what services him at the moment.

Beauty is a matter of perspective.Darling keep in mind that those standards that you’re trying so hard to meet were made by imperfect beings themselves. Love yourself more.

The maddened four men followed frantically, for it is better to be in the presence of the awful than only within hearing. ("The Black Dog")

Never force a man to do your wish, but let them wish to do it by force.

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way of life in which one would please oneself completely and exclusively.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

If your selfish goal will be useful to humanity, then let your selfish goal be triumphant!

There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.

I felt that with each movie, Gary [Ross] adopts a different style. He doesn't have one look that's the Gary Ross look, and I thought that was important.