Quotes About Determination

I hated everybody I played against, and they hated me. That's the way hockey should be played.

It's not a conscious thing for me. But whenever I have the opportunity to bring it, I want to give more than the guy before me. Hockey. Off-ice stuff. Just life in general.

I think I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, 'I'm the leader of the hockey team, we're going to go there and give our best game and we're going to win the hockey game.'

But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the NHL.

If you play hockey, you might as well win.

It's kind of funny the way it happened - the way I became a goalie. I was playing forward on this one team when I was little, and there was another team that needed a backup goalie. I mean, to me it just meant a chance to play more hockey, so I was all for it.

It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.

I've always played hockey to win, not to get shutouts.

We have an edge over the Asian countries because we are playing European and Indian style of hockey, but we need to perform consistently.

I don't just want to be a drag-flicker. I want to be become a complete hockey player.

I never look at myself as a black player. I think of myself as a hockey player that wants to be the best player in the league.

I think if a woman is feeling aggressive, she should be aggressive and not hold back.

The only person holding you back is you.

If you make no excuses, there's nothing holding you back.

Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically.

Bring the fights on. If I'm going to be the champ, I gotta beat everyone anyway, so what does sitting and waiting and holding my position do?

If I'm running on my own, no one's holding me accountable, so I will stop and walk.

I want to be the best. The only thing holding me back is me.

The only way we protect ourselves, the only way a player gets what he wants is by holding out.

In my career, I was on teams that started 11-0 and 13-0 before losing. I can tell you right now that our streak-breaking losses didn't happen because we weren't the best team on the field. The truth is, we let little things creep in: a holding call here, a false start there.

I was beaten by police and sat in their precinct holding cell, certain that my future was already decided. And now I will be the person in charge of that precinct, and every other precinct, because I'm going to be the mayor of the City of New York.

I think we can win it if my brain holds out.

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.