Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Now I can give back and be a role model and an advocate for women in sport. "
Hilary Knight
Now
Women
Role Model
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Thought
Games
Fire
" I'm a 'blue sky thinker' and dream big. "
Hilary Knight
Blue Sky
Thinker
Big
" 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
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Growing Up
Beautiful
Look
" 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
Me
Team
" I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood. "
Hilary Knight
Set
Powerful
Change
" 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
" You have to lose to win a silver medal, so that's always the tough thing to wrap your head around. "
Hilary Knight
Lose
Win
You
" Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face. "
Hilary Knight
Game
Hurt
Goals
" The Olympics are a completely different beast. It's the most magical moment of your career. "
Hilary Knight
Your
Beast
Career
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
You
Crazy
Think
" 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 would like to go back to school, potentially. "
Hilary Knight
Back To School
Like
Go
" People don't know how fantastic women's ice hockey is. People don't know how fantastic hockey is in general. "
Hilary Knight
People
How
Ice
" Cheat meals? I love cheat meals. "
Hilary Knight
I Love
Love
Meals
" I love cheeseburgers; I love fries, cheese curds, the list goes on. "
Hilary Knight
List
Cheese
Fries
" My dad was traveling a lot, but when he would come home and cook, he'd cook pizza. "
Hilary Knight
Cook
He
Pizza
" 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
Me
Mom
" I golf for my own entertainment and my teammates' entertainment. "
Hilary Knight
Teammates
Own
My Own
" Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn't beautiful, because it absolutely is. "
Hilary Knight
Beautiful
Stereotype
Strong
" I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living. "
Hilary Knight
Healthy
Changes
Believe
" 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. "
Hilary Knight
Teammates
Car
Remember
" I don't think any game means less than the other ones. You always want to win. "
Hilary Knight
You
Always
Game
" Equality should be a thing we don't even have to talk about anymore. "
Hilary Knight
Talk
Should
Even
" I have to eat a lot more in the summer because I'm burning more calories. "
Hilary Knight
Eat
Summer
Calories
" Just having the hunger to continue to learn motivates me. "
Hilary Knight
Me
Learn
Just
" The most valuable advice I can give is plan for your success. Write down your ideal goal, creating checkpoints for yourself along the way that align with the end goal. Set up rewards for achieving both little victories and big ones. "
Hilary Knight
Goal
Success
Advice
" Obviously, different people identify me as the face of women's hockey and whatnot, but like my teammates, I'm just there to perform and compete. "
Hilary Knight
Like
People
Women
" In my first two world championship experiences, I barely saw the ice at all. "
Hilary Knight
Saw
Experiences
World
" The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences. "
Hilary Knight
Experiences
Real
Through