Quotes from Brad Marchand

I have a huge interest in ancient Egyptian times and the mummies and the kings and all that.

I play low to the ice and that's a way I've protected myself in the past - I just felt that it was better to be safe than sorry.

Goals come in bunches. When you're hot, things go in. Then there will be times where you go through a span where you have about 20 games without a goal and it's just how it is.

I don't play in spite of people, I play for the people who pushed me along, the people who have helped me succeed.

Both my grandfathers were in the Navy, and I have cousins and uncles in the military, so it's something that I've always respected.

I've always been a guy that's worked hard off the ice and prepared the right way and I feel like I can play those minutes, can play power play and PK and 5-on-5 and I've worked hard to make sure my stamina's up so I can play those minutes.

I want to stand up for what I believe in, and I don't think it's right when people say things or bash people because of their sexual orientation.

I'm not great at trying new things.

I guess if the president of the United States gives you a nickname, you have to stick with it.

If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win, you may as well not make the playoffs, because you are loser just like everyone else.

I had to play a certain style to get in the league, but now I want to be a player that stays in the league a long time, and you have to change your game and adapt.

There are great players who go unnoticed because they're not on the best teams.

There's going to be ups, there's going to be downs and you're going to have to roll with the punches.

Winning and losing, it sticks with you forever.

Growing up, your whole goal and dream is to make the NHL. Once you get there, you kind of have to expand your goals on and off the ice. It took a little bit of time for me to do that, but again, with age and maturity you understand what you want more and how to achieve those things.

I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.

WE WENT OUT THERE ON A MISSION, CAME BACK CHAMPIONS. WE PROVED WE WERE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD.

If we have to battle through some adversity during the year, sometimes that can be the best thing for a team.

If I played the game any other way, you wouldn't know my name. You wouldn't care enough to hate me because I wouldn't be in the NHL.

I remember all the way back to atom, when I would be doing things I shouldn't be doing. It is just how I was. It just gets me involved in the game.

There's a difference between having an edge and being stupid.

I have to play a bit of a physical game and try to work harder than everyone else.