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" I absolutely have loved my career path and everything that I've done personally, but it was tough. "
Hilary Knight
Loved
Tough
Path
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" Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face. "
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" 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. "
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Great
" Going into a locker room that's not even yours to begin with is certainly like you're entering the lion's den. "
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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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" 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. "
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Summer
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" I'm a 'blue sky thinker' and dream big. "
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Blue Sky
Thinker
Big
" The song 'I Feel the Earth Move' brings me back to those younger years when I was taking my first strides on the ice. "
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Move
Song
Feel
" 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. "
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Thought
Games
Fire
" Whenever you step on the ice, you need to be a student of the game and try to hone your craft. You're never going to play a perfect match, but you're always chasing that perfect game. "
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Perfect
You
Game
" Now I can give back and be a role model and an advocate for women in sport. "
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Now
Women
Role Model
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Conversation
Team
Help
" 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. "
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Direction
Day
Weather
" 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. "
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Great
Amazing
Good
" I love my fans. "
Hilary Knight
Love
Fans
I Love
" Whenever you get Brianna Decker on the ice, and Emily Field and Amanda Pelkey, people are just going to go fast and push the pace. "
Hilary Knight
Push
You
Fast
" As long as I still love the game and I can contribute to a team, I'd love to keep playing. "
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Game
I Can
Long
" I like going on adventures or excursions. "
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Like
Adventures
Going
" 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. "
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Back
Me
Team
" I'm trying to change up the pace in which I approach life so I'm not always go, go, go. "
Hilary Knight
Always
Trying
Change
" I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living. "
Hilary Knight
Healthy
Changes
Believe
" I love cheeseburgers; I love fries, cheese curds, the list goes on. "
Hilary Knight
List
Cheese
Fries
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Love
Time
Work
" 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
Me
" I remember coming out of college thinking, 'OK, I'm gonna get an agent, and I'm gonna make money. I'm gonna make millions of dollars.' And that never happened. "
Hilary Knight
Thinking
College
Money
" I saw the older kids entering the rink carrying hockey sticks and bags, and I was fascinated by the equipment. Once I started skating faster, I was attracted to the speed and dynamics of hockey. I never looked back! "
Hilary Knight
Back
Started
Speed
" Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country. "
Hilary Knight
Country
Gold Medal
Gold
" The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences. "
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Experiences
Real
Through
" Whatever I do, I want to impact people's lives in a positive way. "
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Positive
Want
Way
" I try to get a well-balanced diet with a mix of greens, protein, and carbs. "
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Diet
Try
Protein
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Two
Memories
Ice