Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, who won the gold of the Games in Sochi as part of the Russian team in team competitions, became one of the main characters in the Russian and global Internet space for a while and after the Olympic Games. The editors of SportStories have prepared the most striking quotes from the athlete, as well as media personalities on the skater's actions.

And it's all about him: Evgeni Plushenko in quotes and quotes from colleagues

Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, who won the gold of the Games in Sochi as part of the Russian team in team competitions, became one of the main characters in the Russian and global Internet space for a while and after the Olympic Games. The editors of SportStories have prepared the most striking quotes from the athlete, as well as media personalities on the skater's actions.

Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, who won the gold of the Games in Sochi as part of the Russian team in team competitions, became one of the main characters in the Russian and global Internet space for a while and after the Olympic Games. The editors of SportStories have prepared the most striking quotes from the athlete, as well as media personalities on the skater's actions.

I ended my career. Age allows (to continue), but 12 operations is too much

The Lord, apparently, said to me: That's it, Zhenya, that's enough.

“I came here for two tournaments. And to those people who said and say that Plushenko had it all planned, and that he would withdraw after the team competition, I can answer: we didn’t have such a plan. I tried to go to the end. And if I wanted to withdraw, I would withdraw immediately after the team competition. But I went on the ice today with a very serious pain. I even went to the warm-up. I could have withdrawn much earlier

“Before the start of the team tournament, everyone thought: we can win silver or bronze. And we took gold. After that, the federation asked me how I feel and whether I’m ready to skate further. I said that I don’t feel very good. I already had problems during the free skate, I didn't do two jumps: the triple salchow and the triple loop. I already felt pain in my muscles, and I told our federation about it. I asked if it would be better if someone else performed. I was told : What happened, happened.

“Then I told the figure skating federation that I could replace, because there were problems in my back. But when they started looking for Maxim Kovtun, they didn’t find him right away, and then it turned out that he was sick. There are comments, comments from his coach, that Maxim Kovtun fell ill. The Minister of Sports also said that they tried to look for it, they did everything possible, Maxim was not there,

There is an insult to Kolya Valuev. There is an element of betrayal in this. Apparently, the State Duma is disturbing the brain

“I have big plans. But I’m most likely finished with sports. I don’t say yes or no yet. I’m thinking for now. But, most likely, today I finished with amateur figure skating”

The bronze medal of Kovtun?! What are you talking about? I don’t understand the people who make forecasts. At the same time, these experts are very far from sports. The maximum for Kovtun is the eighth place. Well, at best-the sixth

If I pay attention to the opinion of everyone and everyone, it will be wrong. I am alone and there are many critics. Therefore, I just do my job

I do not wish anyone my fate, especially in terms of operations, especially the latter was very difficult. Therefore, I offer anyone who wants to express something now, to stand in my place and think: Would I try to do it? Make a quadricular jump. Go to the Olympic Games before the eyes of the whole world and challenge figure skating

I want to say the following to Vladimir Volfovich. The public figure has no right to express something at all. A person who is not close to sports, but, on the contrary, is very far from sports.

If Irina Rodnina puts herself in my place, she will be cut back and a new disk will be inserted into the spine, and this operation will last three and a half hours. Will she want to go on the ice?

The tactics that we chose with my coach Alexei Mishin, in my opinion, is very correct: I am like a lion who sits -sit, and then suddenly – r -once! – I jumped. And I ate everyone!

Stars about Plushenko:

No one expected that Eugene would withdraw from the tournament. He was absolutely seriously configured to participate in personal competitions. When we talked, he talked about it. For us it was all an unpleasant surprise (Maxim Trankov)

Having starred from personal competitions, Plushenko punishes himself more, because the Olympic Games do not affect the number of seats for the next year. Plushenko did not deprive the Russian team of any quota or place (Tamara Moskvina)

We warned, no Plushenko should enter the Olympic team. He has done a lot of good things, but he has an absolutely ill back. Well, where are the doctors? These doctors need to be dispersed. Where is the medical opinion on the impossibility of participation in any competition? What is the Olympiad ? Plushenko disabled. (Vladimir Zhirinovsky)

“I don’t see the point of this,” said Mishin, answering the question of journalists, whether Plushenko should stay in amateur sports. “When I said that Plushenko could still return after the Olympic Games in Sochi, I had in mind only one opportunity – This is if figure skating enters the Paralympic Games program (Alexey Mishin)

And without Plushenko, Russia would have won gold in a team tournament (Alexey Yagudin)

“What Zhenya did is very vile and ugly. Probably, we will never know what really happened, but it was a performance for me. I, to be honest, was waiting after Zhenya’s words at the Russian Championship. He said then What will perform at the Olympics only in the team competition. But this is impossible according to the regulations! And he succeeded! It turned out to step over the rules, decency, other athletes (Alexey Yagudin)

Now the emotions have already been sleeping. Do not judge, but you will not be convicted. Only God and Eugene himself know: he could fight or not. Everything is on his conscience. (Nikolai Valuev)

“There is this, I don’t argue with you. They made fools from us. When I was sitting on the rostrum, I watched a hockey match, and then ran to look at him personally, and at that moment it crawled and left. Neither in relation to people, nor to the country. You understand that after the team competition he promised everyone, knowing Zhenya – everyone believed him. Even I was skeptical of this, but he was so convincing that we believed everything. And so to do … Well, I think that a man does not do so (Oksana Kazakova)

With Zhenya Plushchenko, the situation is not easy, and, frankly, I do not like it. He is the greatest skater of all time and peoples, brilliantly performed at the previous Olympics, taking silver-it was a truly worthy, good, cool performance. I think, I think, I think. That it was logical then to stop there and leave the legend. In any case, what is happening today does not suit him or domestic figure skating (Ilya Averbukh)

I am very sorry that he did not fight. Eugene could, well, at least in a short program to take a high place, but instead took and withdrew from the competition. It is a pity that Russia has no participant at the Olympic Games in our country. in men's single skating. This is just nonsense (Maria Butyrskaya)

“They don’t think about health about health – they lose it for the country and the result. The story with Plushenko was not very sports. You need to harden in training, at competitions, especially such a level as OI, you need to“ give it to the mountain ”and do not stand behind” price (Irina Rodnina)

Good and generous people. If Plushenko, as a result of the performance, was chained to a wheelchair, then everyone would have poured tears for two hours, and then they would have forgotten (Vladimir Soloviev)