Quotes from Connor McDavid

I think I'm a good passer and can make plays, but there's definitely a knack to putting the puck in the net.

If you're putting the puck in an awkward place for someone, that's right away, advantage: you.

My dad gave me this advice: 'Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you do in the day and then worry about hanging out with friends.'

For me, the first thing I do when I know I have to do the fastest skater is check my edges and make sure there's no nicks or anything like that.

Just got to win games. You've just got to find ways to win games.

I'm definitely not one of those guys that's chirping the guys that dress super nice, because you know, there's guys out there in the league - and on my team in fact - that have great style. And I'm just like, 'go for it, man, you look good!'

It's not always the best roster that wins, it's the best team, and sometimes that maybe doesn't jell all that well.

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.

You've got to work hard, got to outwork the other guy and got to outwork the other team. Sometimes outsmart them every now and then, but it all starts with the work.

I think you've just got to have everyone buy in, working towards a common goal. Doesn't matter who gets the credit. Really doesn't.

We definitely do a lot of tip drills at practice and try to work on your hand-eye coordination and stuff like that.

If you're tanking to get a higher draft pick, you really shouldn't be playing hockey.

Obviously as a kid you collect hockey cards.

You want to win hockey games, and it doesn't really matter how you do it.

I don't think you're going to see any hockey player tell the media or anyone they're the best player in the world. It's just not who we are.

Playing in the OHL, people expect you to get a ton of points. When you go out and have a good game it's almost like people expect that out of you.

At the end of the day, it is hockey. It's the same game, the rules don't change. It's the same hockey game I've been playing since I was 2 years old. I think you can kind of rely on that.

The OHL compared to the NHL playoffs, I don't think they really compare. You can't really rely on that experience.

There are certain things you can say off the ice, but I think it's mostly on the ice. There are certain situations where you feel like the team may need a big play, something like that, where you feel like it's your responsibility to step up and you do that, but I definitely do that more on the ice than off.

Even when I wasn't on the ice, I was always on my rollerblades.

Not a lot of people get to meet their role model and idol in life, and I've been really lucky that way.

The beauty of hockey players is that they make everyone feel included and make everyone feel a part of it.

You don't want to be somebody that signs a deal and kind of shuts it down, that's not going to be me at all.

It's insane to really think about, someone is going to pay me $100 million to do what I would do anyway on a regular day; it's insane.