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" Just having the hunger to continue to learn motivates me. "

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" When I was 5 years old, I told my grandmother I was going to play hockey in the Olympics. Fifteen years later, I competed in my first Olympics. "

" 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. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences. "

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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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