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" 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. "

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" 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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

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

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

" I'm trying to change up the pace in which I approach life so I'm not always go, go, go. "

" 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. "

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

" Women in general, we tend to shrink ourselves and not have as much confidence as we should in presenting ourselves and our body types. It's OK to be fit and healthy and comfortable within your body, whatever frame you have. "

" I'm able to be able to achieve certain things that others aren't - whether it's a reaction time or the idea of a coffee that's about to be spilled and I'm able to grab it before anyone else or whatever it is. "

" I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice. "

" 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 think you are a product of the environment you surround yourself in, and everything you've experienced is a part of you and the fabric you are in. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My dad was traveling a lot, but when he would come home and cook, he'd cook pizza. "

Hilary Knight

Cook

Pizza

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I think having a strong female figure in my mom as an in-house role model was huge and really motivated me to continue to pursue my passion and my dreams. "

Hilary Knight

Dreams

Mom

" 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

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