The Olympic champion from Nagano, a two-time world champion, winner of two Stanley Cups and also the holder of a number of prestigious individual prizes, who now defends the colors of the extra-league Kladno, christened a graphic sheet in the form of a banknote on Monday afternoon at the Czech Hockey Hall of Fame at the Harfa Gallery in Prague. “I like the press because I look younger there, and one day people will say how good I looked at fifty,” Jagr smiled.
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“There are various collector’s cards for athletes, some of them also appear on stamps, they have their own commemorative coins, but having a banknote, which they last printed with a portrait of Václav Hlavl, is a real honor for me. At least there will be something left for me, “he said quite moved. The unique artifact will be printed in May by the State Printing House of Securities in the number of 10,000 pieces, but you can already order a commemorative card at CZK 2490 cash on delivery at the website www.50jagr.cz. I’m quite cheap, “Jagr chuckled.
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“I would just like to remind you that if it were a valid banknote, I would like to add three zeros to it,” he said with a laugh, but then clarified. valid banknotes, so I no longer insist on the previous proposal, “said Jágr, who is not planning any celebrations on his jubilee birthday
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“I am not a person to celebrate such things. It doesn’t make me very happy either. My loved ones and friends know this, so I don’t even believe that they would come up with any surprises. It really wouldn’t make me happy. I don’t like surprises very much. It will be a completely normal day like any other, “said Jágr, who is also ready to watch the hockey players’ fight in the preliminary round of the Olympic playoffs against Switzerland.” I have to focus on myself and training with Kladno in the first place. , so I’m happy to see, “said Jágr.
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The jubilee and five that he will have as the first digit of his age on Tuesday will not frighten him in any way. “Every age has its pluses. What goes physically comes somewhere else, in something else. I don’t mean intellectually but ideologically. People change. And you can replace the loss of strength with experience. It’s important to use the time here best and not to stress unnecessarily, how old we are, “said Jágr.
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