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In hockey, you get to meet a lot of different people and become friends with them. It is definitely a special sport. I love that part of it.
One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.
To see my statue unveiled alongside Borje Salming, the player I grew up idolizing in Sweden, will be very special for both my family and me.
My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.
I wasn't strong when I was young. The puck was maybe too heavy. I guess I tried to move the puck from side to side to keep from getting hit.
The only thing I've been concerned about is whether I could grow my heart thing enough to protect me from the harsh western Canadian winter.
I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun.... I just loved to play hockey.
We've been doing something every year. We had a rock concert a few years ago to benefit the Garden of Dreams. And then we had the mask event.
I found that I really enjoy helping people. I enjoy getting to know people and helping them in whatever endeavor they're trying to commit to.
You believe you can make it every year. You don't think it's going to end. But the reality is that most teams, you end up in, you end up out.
I think kids need role models. I needed role models when I was growing up and I ran into a lot of different people and that's what helped me.
It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.
I treat everyone that way I expect to be treated and that applies to marriage. Committed couples should be able to marry the person they love
My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was younger, and I stuck with it.
I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you.
Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
Whenever I won an award in the NHL, I thought of my father and the pride he would get in reading about it and having people mention it to him.
You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating.
Every Christmas we went to my parents' cottage. My big brother would bring his buddies around, and we would play hockey games in the driveway.
My mother passed away of complications of dementia. As you get older, it really makes you realize how many people are touched by this disease.
Look at great teams like Detroit a couple of years ago; they win the Stanley Cup and guys only score 25 goals, nobody has a really big season.
I remember distinctly telling my father-in-law, barring a miracle, we're going to have to terminate the pregnancy. Her health has to come first
Getting traded to Edmonton was fine with me at the time. At the end of the day, though, you just try to do what's best for you and your family.
All of us kids in the neighbourhood had to go shoeless for the same reason - all except the landlord's son, because his father had more income.
I'm a guy that wanted to have fun. When I look back at all the wins I had, I must have had a lot of fun playing the game and made people happy.
Endings are always tough, but I believe when something ends, there are new beginnings, new opportunities and new things to be excited for, too.
We [the Subban brothers] are role models to a lot of kids, not just black kids, but all kids out there and that's what we want to be known for.
For me, I was really lucky to go to a city like Chicago where the team was struggling at the time, and I was able to go in and play right away.
Just try to focus one game at a time, not worry about points or anything like that. Worry about playing the right way and see what comes of it.
I've been slashed, speared, elbowed, board-checked, butt-ended, and hit on the head as much as anyone. I just like to keep the ledger balanced.
Kids don't fight in minor hockey anymore. There's very few fights in junior and college hockey. So growing up, all these guys are not fighting.
It seems whenever we have a little adversity, the emotions drop. We've fallen out of the race, and it kind of takes the wind out of your sails.
It's not like you can start pounding drinks when you're wheeling your kids all over. They gave me something to shoot for, a goal to get back to.
I don't have concussion problems. I have got a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head, that's what I have got a problem with.
I'm still on the edge. It's just that I don't want to hurt the team by going over that edge. I've learned not to be as maniacal as I used to be.
I would say it is important to have a good education, as hockey is a career that does not last many years, and you need to be prepared for this.
The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
My parents, they don't say to me you have to play hockey. They just see me and how I love what's going on on the ice, how I love this atmosphere.
I want to stand up for what I believe in, and I don't think it's right when people say things or bash people because of their sexual orientation.
We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.
I think whenever anyone asked me why I wanted to be a hockey player, that's where it all started, watching the Winnipeg Jets play as a young kid.
I couldn't care less lots of times about getting scored on late in a game because it would affect my goals-against average or my save percentage.
It's great to be able to continue my career in Chicago. Playing with the best organization in sports and the best fans in the game is a blessing.
When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.
Every time when the season starts you have a goal, right? To reach the playoffs. You reach the playoffs, and then the next step is to win the Cup.
It's not who wins the fight that's important, it's being willing to fight. If you get challenged and renege, everyone wants to take a shot at you.
You don't ever lose your dream. You don't give that up. I tell that to the players. If you don't have dreams, you don't have anything to live for.
If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.
Sometimes offensive players get turned into defensive players, which sometimes isn't a bad thing, but for me I need a chance to play more offense.