Happy Birthday Evgeni Plushenko!
I'm greeting him with some quotes:
Mishin:
Mishin, one of the great wisecracking storytellers in skating, loves to describe 11-year-old Plushenko's arrival at the famed Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg:
"He looked like a cheap chicken, very green and very blue and no fat .... very ecological!" 
I was asked many times: "You have such bright students as Urmanov, Yagudin, Plushenko. What is the difference between them?" I think Urmanov was perhaps the most elegant skater. Yagudin was the strongest physically and may be most emotional. But I think there hasn't been yet a figure skater in the world, who has such a wide diapason of creativity as Evgeni. That’s what makes him absolutely unique in modern figure skating.
“Many skaters are good, but Evgeni has charisma,” said Aleksei Mishin, his longtime coach. “He radiates power. He radiates a sense of beauty. He radiates something what spectacles need. The majority loves him, the minority jealous.”
"Plushenko - this is Shakespeare figure skating. " Shakespeare was a writer, to describe all possible human emotions. Love, betrayal, jealousy, generosity, crime ... And Plushenko ... He can dance and "Moonlight, " and Albinoni's Adagio, and "sex-bomb", to portray girls and boys in the same manner. Skate to Gounod and under the "Gangster Petersburg. Usually an actor or dancer tends to any particular role. And Plushenko Role unlimited!
Maya Plisetskaya:
He is our favourite. He is so good that it looks like nobody can beat him. I can't imagine who can be better. He is a master, a great master who does everything beautifully, brilliantly and artistically. Also, he always looks so confident that we, his fans, cannot be not confident. He skates like an artist who knows that he is the best. Other skaters think that they are good too, but they have doubts and get nervous. Plushenko on the contrary always knows that he is much better than others, and he convinces all of us in it. He not just "works" on ice, he dances on ice masterly, and that is a wonderful thing to see.
Roberto Bolle Ballet dancer:
"Apart from the competition, that was very exciting, is not just the quality of exercise that excite me. His real strength comes from charisma, personality, by the presence on ice. He demonstrates how much he’s good, by showing the high consideration has about himself, and this effects his opponents. You could see that others were not so sure, he told them right away, from the first movement: "I am the number one”.
"There are many skaters who have a strong body, and many are flexable and have softness and extreme extensibility in their movement. Honestly, I’m not an expert, I don’t notice one element that stands out the Russian. It is his artistic vision, the quality of dance and of how he presents himself , he has completeness."
Yuri Smekalov ballet dancer:
Suppose take Plushenko. His charisma is so powerful that no matter what image of Zhenya chose, “he includes himself,” his inner strength and inner euphoria begins. It’s so captivates the audience, they forget that even a given image, which invested director. To them it does not matter. With Eugene in this sense simply to work…
Nikoneko ( just a fan) :
Zhenya, I cannot say in a word how much impression, courage, pleasure, dream, and hope you gave me.
Even a million times thank you would not be enough. - we his fans think that too!!!:thumbsup:
Brian Orser:
"But I think what Yuzu meant was he wants to be like him, in that Plushenko is a superstar."
Plushenko - supertalant . And the fact that he is still willing and able to compete with the younger guys , is admirable . What really surprised me in Zagreb - is his refusal to quadruple jump in the short program . Because Plushenko - unbeaten fighter. After what he did at the last European Championships in Sheffield, I became a fan of his . True . Remember thinking, OK, we have to admit he is a god figure skating, if he can fight like this. It was just amazing ! I did see him in training - so calm , even relaxed . But Plushenko knows exactly how to gather, when you go to the start. I know that he really wants to perform in Sochi, and I can only wish him to fully recover and get in shape . People like it , pushing all the other forward. This concerns my students . They look at him with wide eyes . Besides Plushenko - one of those people that surrounds special aura they create around themselves a special atmosphere. And it is impossible not to notice .
Toams Verner:
And it's without mentioning of Evgeni Plushenko - probably the only one skater in the world, capable alone to filed full arena.
This guy was born to become a superhero.
Ottavio Cinquanta:
Plushenko deserves all our respect, he has given more to #figureskating than many other figureskaters put together".
Mao Asada:
"My respected persons are Midori Ito and @EvgeniPlushenko."
Patrick Chan:
- Plushenko earned the right to this unique holiday. He did his job well in the command start. Plushenko without Russia would be difficult to create such a significant lead over the competition. He played a major role in your victory.
For me it was a great honor to speak with Plushenko on the same ice. Now I want to wish him good health ..
Plushenko changed figure skating, raised it to a new level. I will say more : he is a legend of figure skating ..
Plushenko is to be commended . Remember how great the audience supported him during his speech . How love him ..
Sasha Cohen:
Plushenko - this gift to the world of figure skating. We developed a terrific Plushenko career, he is a true gift skating . He has won four Olympic medals and inspired many athletes and people .
Daisuke Takahshi:
"oh, my god,, there was a God,,",
I felt amazing aura,, he couldn't hide it" in Torino
"Evgeni was skating from the heart. I should be like that, too." -Sochi
Evan Lysacek :
"For me, an ideal skater Plushenko "
Sergei Voronov:
"Near Plushenko, you alone becomes stronger"
"Q: Evgeni Plushenko announced that he started traning. How do you feel about it?
A: It's great. When you are next to an extraordinary person, and Plushenko is an extraordinary person, it's not just a compliment, you start to feel different. It's another atmosphere, another energy, another attitude. Strong competitors make you stronger. The most important thing is health. If there is health, there is desire. What Plushenko is capable of, it is for him to decide." :yes:
and so on!!
arty:
- and he used one of Lilyshenka's collages 
#kingsonice2016 #kingsonice 
⛏ #nutcrackerbyplushenko 
@EvgeniPlushenko and a video 
