I've always had a passion for hockey, ... That's the key. You can't be putting in time. You have to enjoy doing what you do.

Dreams are so important. You need to have big goals and expect a lot of yourself but you have to enjoy the ride too.

I promise to play for the logo on the front, not the name on the back

It didn't feel like it was anything too major, but if you had to look at one hit that would be it.

I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.

I try to stay pretty level-headed and just do what I have to do.

Wouldn’t it be amazing, getting up everyday and playing; doing something that you love to do?

Love isn't lying, it's loose in a lady who lingers, saying she is lost, and choking on hello.

Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.

I want to be the best. So whatever comes with that, I have to accept it.

I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

How can you love anyone without loving yourself first?

To love is to open the window of your heart for all of the beauty of the world to come in and dance with the joy in your soul.

Being our best involves walking away from every situation with less than what we had when we encountered it because we left something behind in the exchange.

If you want to succeed you must make your own opportunities as you go.

I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.

Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

I could see her get all nervous but she was also excited. Nightmares have that quality, don't they?

Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm

If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn't exist. What an enormous miracle, just being given life.

People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.