P.K. Subban Quotes

"Life is a chess match. Every decision that you make has a consequence to it."

"You only have one shot at most things, so why not give it everything you've got, right?"

"You look at the best players in the game - Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr - they didn't sit on the couch and then one day join the NHL. They worked on their game. Their talent was perseverance, dedication. Those are talents to me; that's what gets you to the NHL."

"Everybody has to work on themselves, no one is perfect. No one wakes up every morning and, you know, you have to love yourself but you also have to drive yourself from within."

"To win the Stanley Cup is such a process and it takes everybody on board."

"The first car I purchased was for my father. I bought him a truck. I didn't want to see myself driving around in a nicer car than him. I wanted him to feel like he's accomplished a lot, too, which he has. He's put me in a great position."

"I operate from a place of like water on a duck's back. When things are thrown at me or said to me that aren't worth my time, they don't register with me. Like it just rolls off my back."

"My jersey might change, but what I support will always stay the same."

"I know I'm black. Everyone knows I'm black. But I don't want to be defined as a black hockey player."

"A Hall of Famer isn't just the guy who put up great numbers. It's the guy who has changed the sport for the better, who has had an impact."

"In this world, there are bad people and there are good people. We can either choose to celebrate the bad ones all the time, or we can celebrate the good ones."

"At the end of the day, I want to be the best teammate I can be."

"The feeling being back in Montreal, it will never change. Montreal's going to be home because of the relationships that I've built here."

"I drop the gloves once in a while."

"I think it's important to build people up and to make people feel good."

"No one remembers the guy who goes out and does an adequate job."

"I have no control over what the fans do or what the media say. I just do what I can - go out there and play hockey and have a smile on my face when I do it, just try to have a little bit of fun."

"I've been playing hockey since I was two-and-a-half, three years old."

"Hockey's filled with great people, and it's a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey."

"I think it's important for athletes to set a tone in a way that we're looking to build bridges."

"The Olympics is about representing your country, and if you get an opportunity to play you give it all you have."

"The NHL's got tons of players from different backgrounds from different places around the world. That's what makes this league so special and that's what makes sports so special; it brings everybody together."

"One of the things that upset me a lot, and I'm pretty open about it is people that challenge my character or challenge my commitment to my job or the game that I play."

"I've come to Boston many times, my family has come here, and it's been great."

"Our law enforcement, these are people that leave their houses and may not come back home at the end of the night."

"I eat a lot of protein - steak in the morning, steak in the afternoon, fish, chicken."

"Community stuff is always important to me, it's very important to the New Jersey Devils and the organization, so along with not just myself but the rest of the players on the team, it's always a priority to be able to give back in the best way possible."

"I don't think your focus as a hockey player or athlete can be anywhere else but how you want to impact the team on the ice or on the field or court."

"Everything I do is with a planned approach."

"It's something I am very passionate about, designing clothes and being creative and fashion-forward."