Quotes from Connor McDavid

When you're a rookie, sometimes your voice is not really heard.

Scoring isn't the only thing in this game.

You don't want to be that big shot, some guy who's some... whatever.

He's Bobby Orr - he's been through it all. Whatever he says, you listen. If you ask a question, you're dying to hear the answer, trying to figure out any piece of information that made him successful.

I don't care how any other Canadian team does, other than the Edmonton Oilers.

Everyone cheats.

There's always ways to improve your game and be more dangerous and dynamic.

It's more fun to be playing hockey than doing anything else.

We want to play in the playoffs as a team.

After going through the playoffs, you definitely get a sense for how important it is to go through it at least once before you win.

I'm dying to play in the playoffs. Dying to bring a little success back to Edmonton. I think the fans deserve it, the city deserves it.

I personally want to play in the playoffs.

We owe it to the fans and we owe it to ourselves to give it everything we have to try and put ourselves in the playoffs.

You want to be ramping up toward the playoffs. You want to be peaking as you're heading in.

Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.

Obviously I get paid to score and create chances, and that's what I have to do. But just at the same time, I have to be able to be responsible defensively, good on face-offs, all the little things that coaches love and that win games.

I've been lucky to be surrounded by some good hockey minds.

It's important that the Oilers are contributing to the community.

I am never going to be much of a physical presence. For me, it's more about taking my strength and finding a way to use it as an advantage.

If you want to do something for the rest of your life, it's not going to be easy, especially being a pro hockey player, so you need to work at it.

Guys that have the best shot in the world still shoot pucks, and that's for a reason. You keep growing your game and finding different ways to produce.

As a teenager you've got a lot of stuff going on all the time. It's hard to find a couple extra hours of sleep.

I think I'm a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try to help bring guys together. That's what I tried to focus on when I was in Erie and I felt everyone was a part of the team. I definitely try to lead that way; I'm not the big rah-rah guy.

I think that's what you need throughout your lineup. You need guys to help each other and feed off each other and to have that chemistry.