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" 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.' "

Hilary Knight

Be Strong

Hockey

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Hilary Knight

You

Lion

" In my first two world championship experiences, I barely saw the ice at all. "

" You have to lose to win a silver medal, so that's always the tough thing to wrap your head around. "

" My mantra is, 'Dare to be...' I leave it open-ended, because depending on the mood, the weather, the day, you might need a different power word. Having a power word can help steer you in the right direction, especially when things aren't going your way. "

" As long as I still love the game and I can contribute to a team, I'd love to keep playing. "

" My two earliest memories - earning little buttons on our skates when we learned how to skate from one end of the ice to the other and when I first lifted the puck. "

" For lunch, I usually have a burrito or burrito-style bowl with rice, beans, a little cheese, avocado, and tomato. "

" 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. "

" When I was 5, I'm like,' I'm doing this,' whether there's women's ice hockey, men's ice hockey, whatever it was in my future. "

Hilary Knight

Men

Women

" Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts. "

" I think my role on a team is I love to put the puck in the back of the net. If that opportunity presents itself, and it happens for me, I get really excited. "

Hilary Knight

Back

Team

" Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn't beautiful, because it absolutely is. "

" 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. "

" I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living. "

" It was somewhere in Ohio - Cedar Point or something like that - one of those thrill rides. A few cars up, someone's sunglasses had fallen off, and we were on one of those corkscrew parts, and I saw sunglasses and just instinctively grabbed them right out of the air. I was like, 'Oh, my reaction time is really good. This is going well.' "

" It was tough to get to where I am, to get the following that I do have on social media and all the fans out there, which I greatly appreciate, but I would love to have a template so the next girl who grows up doesn't have to go through a lot of the hardships that we faced in our generation. "

" 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. "

Hilary Knight

Girl

Ice

" The song 'I Feel the Earth Move' brings me back to those younger years when I was taking my first strides on the ice. "

" The songs that are on my playlist find themselves there because I can identify with the lyrics, or they have some magical transformative power in the beat. "

" 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. "

" Both of my parents have loved and supported me from my very first strides. "

" My favorite country that I have visited would have to be Sweden. I'm such a sucker for the Swedish culture, and I learned Swedish in college, so I like to try and navigate my way around. "

" Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face. "

" 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. "

" I went to a lot of Chicago Wolves games when I was growing up... They would come out of the tunnel, the pyramid would be there, and the fire would come out of the pyramid. I thought it was the coolest thing. "

" Whatever I do, I want to impact people's lives in a positive way. "

" Whenever you go into a game, you want to win, and you want to come out victorious in any way. "

" The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career. "

" The most valuable advice I can give is plan for your success. Write down your ideal goal, creating checkpoints for yourself along the way that align with the end goal. Set up rewards for achieving both little victories and big ones. "

" When our world is telling girls and women who they should be or what they should look like, it is critical that we empower those girls and young women to be confident with who they are. "