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" As long as I still love the game and I can contribute to a team, I'd love to keep playing. "
Game
I Can
Long
" At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a certain way, and I shouldn't wear certain clothes. Finally, I stepped aside and said, 'That's someone else's creation of me. I can be feminine and be strong.' "
Be Strong
Hockey
Me
" Being surrounded by great women and amazing role models and good teammates allowed me to unfold and evolve into the person that I am today. "
Great
Amazing
Good
" Both of my parents have loved and supported me from my very first strides. "
Very
Strides
Parents
" Cheat meals? I love cheat meals. "
I Love
Love
Meals
" Each person on a team has a responsibility and a role, and knowing the value of each individual and what they bring to the table is something very special and unique. "
Responsibility
Unique
Team
" Equality should be a thing we don't even have to talk about anymore. "
Talk
Should
Even
" Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country. "
Country
Gold Medal
Gold
" For lunch, I usually have a burrito or burrito-style bowl with rice, beans, a little cheese, avocado, and tomato. "
Tomato
Rice
Lunch
" Fortunately, I have some amazing partners that I work with that continue to support me and enable me to unleash the best me! "
Support
Amazing
Best
" Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts. "
Day
Science
Sports
" Going into a locker room that's not even yours to begin with is certainly like you're entering the lion's den. "
You
Like
Lion
" Growing up, and the way that the media portrays, you're supposed to look a certain way. Muscles aren't beautiful. Muscles aren't feminine. "
Growing Up
Beautiful
Look
" Growing up on an all-boys' team wasn't the easiest thing. I'd have guys come after me on the ice and just hit me because I'm a girl. I'd have parents heckling me from the stands, other parents not wanting me on the team, not making certain teams just because I was a girl. "
Girl
Ice
Me
" Here I am just trying to fund myself to play a sport, but the greater picture is that I'm a female athlete really pushing the envelope for women in sports. "
Women
Myself
Picture
" How do we make hockey more affordable? How do we get it into more households? How do we keep it part of the conversation? Those are things that will help us not only increase registration numbers from a grassroots level but also deepen the player pool from the senior national team and the elite level. "
Conversation
Team
Help
" I absolutely have loved my career path and everything that I've done personally, but it was tough. "
Loved
Tough
Path
" I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood. "
Set
Powerful
Change
" I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to play hockey, especially when there weren't equal opportunities as there are now. But at times, it was challenging. "
Grateful
Hockey
I Am
" I am the oldest in our family. I have three younger brothers. I needed to set a great example for them. It instilled a sense of competition in me and hunger to strive to be the best. There's a lot of pride being the only girl and the oldest. "
Family
Best
Great
" I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living. "
Healthy
Changes
Believe
" I don't think any game means less than the other ones. You always want to win. "
You
Always
Game
" I golf for my own entertainment and my teammates' entertainment. "
Teammates
Own
My Own
" I have to eat a lot more in the summer because I'm burning more calories. "
Eat
Summer
Calories
" I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice. "
Play
One Day
Practice
" I know there are sort of misnomers that women's hockey isn't as physical or fast as the guys, but women's hockey is very dynamic and tactful in its own ways. It's just as respectable of a sport as any male counterpart. "
Hockey
Own
Know
" I like going on adventures or excursions. "
Like
Adventures
Going
" I love cheeseburgers; I love fries, cheese curds, the list goes on. "
List
Cheese
Fries
" I love going to the movies, whitewater rafting in the summer when I am home in Idaho, biking in the summer in Idaho, paddle boarding in the summer. "
Home
Summer
I Am
" I love my fans. "
Love
Fans
I Love
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