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" Whatever I do, I want to impact people's lives in a positive way. "

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" 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. "

" Social media is huge. You can give people a behind-the-scenes look at your life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood. "

" When our world is telling girls and women who they should be or what they should look like, it is critical that we empower those girls and young women to be confident with who they are. "

" Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts. "

" 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. "

" Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face. "

" 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. "

" I love my fans. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn't beautiful, because it absolutely is. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have to eat a lot more in the summer because I'm burning more calories. "

" 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.' "

" I like going on adventures or excursions. "

" I would like to go back to school, potentially. "