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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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 golf for my own entertainment and my teammates' entertainment. "

" I absolutely have loved my career path and everything that I've done personally, but it was tough. "

" I'm a 'blue sky thinker' and dream big. "

" I love my fans. "

" Cheat meals? I love cheat meals. "

" Now I can give back and be a role model and an advocate for women in sport. "

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

" 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. "

" I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood. "

" 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. "

" I think, as an athlete, you tend to be cautious of your body language and what you're doing on the ice. That might be the only moment someone sees you. "

" Fortunately, I have some amazing partners that I work with that continue to support me and enable me to unleash the best me! "

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

" 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 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. "

" I like going on adventures or excursions. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I love cheeseburgers; I love fries, cheese curds, the list goes on. "

" 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. "

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

" Social media is huge. You can give people a behind-the-scenes look at your life. "

" Equality should be a thing we don't even have to talk about anymore. "

" I would like to go back to school, potentially. "

" 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. "

" I wear yoga pants and get to work out all the time - it's my job. I feel a little bit different when I go into what I call 'the real world.' It's cool to be able to train as a full-time job, and it's something that I love and will continue to try to make work for the next however-many years. "

" I have to eat a lot more in the summer because I'm burning more calories. "