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" I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living. "
Hilary Knight
Healthy
Changes
Believe
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" 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. "
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Own
Know
" I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood. "
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Powerful
Change
" 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.' "
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Someone
Time
Sunglasses
" 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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Picture
" Just having the hunger to continue to learn motivates me. "
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Me
Learn
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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.' "
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Be Strong
Hockey
Me
" Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face. "
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Game
Hurt
Goals
" Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn't beautiful, because it absolutely is. "
Hilary Knight
Beautiful
Stereotype
Strong
" It's a great culture to be a part of: there are hockey players all over the world. It has taken me to an education, getting an education at Wisconsin. I've been able to travel the world. "
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Culture
World
Travel
" 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. "
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Find
I Can
Beat
" 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
" When I graduated from the University of Wisconsin, I was highly encouraged to move to Boston to train as a hopeful for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. I remember packing up my car, traveling out here to live with other teammates and share an apartment. "
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Teammates
Car
Remember
" I think the biggest thing is people forget that we're these crazy athletes with these athlete bodies and stuff, but it's just important to feed the other side of it, and if there's a piece of cake there, have the piece of cake. You earned it. You only live once. "
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You
Crazy
Think
" Going into a locker room that's not even yours to begin with is certainly like you're entering the lion's den. "
Hilary Knight
You
Like
Lion
" Equality should be a thing we don't even have to talk about anymore. "
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Talk
Should
Even
" I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice. "
Hilary Knight
Play
One Day
Practice
" 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. "
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Push
You
Fast
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Direction
Day
Weather
" 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
" I would like to go back to school, potentially. "
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Back To School
Like
Go
" 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. "
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Love
Time
Work
" Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts. "
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Day
Science
Sports
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Try
Country
Way
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Perfect
You
Game
" 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. "
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Girl
Love
Media
" The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career. "
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Your
Beast
Career
" 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'm trying to change up the pace in which I approach life so I'm not always go, go, go. "
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Always
Trying
Change
" I love cheeseburgers; I love fries, cheese curds, the list goes on. "
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