Quotes from Stephanie Labbe

I like to pick the right pass at the right moment.

I see the rivalry in Alberta now between Calgary and Edmonton on the men's side and I'd love to see it on the women's side as well. I'd love to bring a team home. I think that would be a great legacy to leave.

I think it's just telling myself, All you have to do is make one save and you're giving your team a chance. If you make two saves, your team has a very good chance of winning.'

I want to bring something where I'm going to help us create goal-scoring opportunities. Whether that's me just being able to play short passes to take out their front players or lead from the back and communicate in making sure that we're all organized so that when we're attacking, they don't have a chance to counter-attack us.

I try to live every day as present' as I can, see the good in it, see the good in people, see the good in my career and always wanting to be true to myself.

You don't become an Olympic medallist overnight and even after you do become an Olympian it doesn't make everything go away and you have this perfect life.

I was just at a point where waking up every day was a struggle. Coming out of every training session and wanting to cry, and having no confidence, not believing in myself and it's kind of this vicious cycle of focusing on all these things that I couldn't control and it was just eating away at me and pulling me down and I just wasn't happy anymore.

It's exciting to get jerseys from other national teams, there are some big time players out there.

It's human nature - we want to be chosen, we want to be picked and when there's this thing that isn't choosing you, that can affect your self-confidence and your self-worth.

I've worked my butt off to get to where I am. I know that any chances that I'm getting is because I've worked hard and I've gotten myself to this level.

It's a tough pill to swallow being denied something because of my gender. That's not something I can go home and work on and fix.

Sweden is definitely a physical team.

I just had this drive, this determination to do something different and to take my career in a different direction.

Definitely my strength is distribution and I like to bring that every time I play.

I didn't have the exposure. I didn't see gay people or hear about them. My family didn't know any. It wasn't something I thought was reality.

So I think the biggest thing that I've learnt in my career is not allowing external factors to determine my self-worth - external factors being what coaches think of me, the amount of playing time I get - not allowing those things that actually are out of my control affect how I feel about myself.

I've really learned to build this inner strength and inner confidence of knowing that I can get through anything because I know what I've pushed through in the past.

The pandemic, first and foremost, I think had an effect on all of us in different ways, and coming here to the Olympics is something that we've all pushed and strived to do.

Nothing's by fluke and nothing's been given to me.

It shouldn't matter what gender you are but that's where we are right now and it's a battle.

I know I've put myself in a position to develop and grow and become the best goalkeeper and person that I can be.

I used to isolate a lot, but now I've been reaching out and leaning on other people.

I think the game has grown so much and I was definitely there a lot. I'd say more so less the style of play, but more knowing individual players and their tendencies and knowing which players are going to be key threats for them.

I'm somebody that definitely thrives on pressure and I thrive in those moments where that's going to be tested and that's what I prepare myself for is the most intense of moments.