You have to lose to win a silver medal, so that's always the tough thing to wrap your head around.
— Hilary Knight
I love cheeseburgers; I love fries, cheese curds, the list goes on.
In my first two world championship experiences, I barely saw the ice at all.
'Playing like a girl' was used as a demeaning term instead of an empowering one. I am proud to be a girl and rocking the ice.
Each person on a team has a responsibility and a role, and knowing the value of each individual and what they bring to the table is something very special and unique.
My mantra is, 'Dare to be...' I leave it open-ended, because depending on the mood, the weather, the day, you might need a different power word. Having a power word can help steer you in the right direction, especially when things aren't going your way.
At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a certain way, and I shouldn't wear certain clothes. Finally, I stepped aside and said, 'That's someone else's creation of me. I can be feminine and be strong.'
I like going on adventures or excursions.
Fortunately, I have some amazing partners that I work with that continue to support me and enable me to unleash the best me!
Being surrounded by great women and amazing role models and good teammates allowed me to unfold and evolve into the person that I am today.
Whenever you step on the ice, you need to be a student of the game and try to hone your craft. You're never going to play a perfect match, but you're always chasing that perfect game.
I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living.
As long as I still love the game and I can contribute to a team, I'd love to keep playing.
The song 'I Feel the Earth Move' brings me back to those younger years when I was taking my first strides on the ice.
I love going to the movies, whitewater rafting in the summer when I am home in Idaho, biking in the summer in Idaho, paddle boarding in the summer.
The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences.
The most valuable advice I can give is plan for your success. Write down your ideal goal, creating checkpoints for yourself along the way that align with the end goal. Set up rewards for achieving both little victories and big ones.
Equality should be a thing we don't even have to talk about anymore.
Cheat meals? I love cheat meals.
Strong is beautiful. I want to shatter that stereotype that strong isn't beautiful, because it absolutely is.
Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts.
For lunch, I usually have a burrito or burrito-style bowl with rice, beans, a little cheese, avocado, and tomato.
I don't think any game means less than the other ones. You always want to win.
Here I am just trying to fund myself to play a sport, but the greater picture is that I'm a female athlete really pushing the envelope for women in sports.
Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face.
I'm able to be able to achieve certain things that others aren't - whether it's a reaction time or the idea of a coffee that's about to be spilled and I'm able to grab it before anyone else or whatever it is.
It was somewhere in Ohio - Cedar Point or something like that - one of those thrill rides. A few cars up, someone's sunglasses had fallen off, and we were on one of those corkscrew parts, and I saw sunglasses and just instinctively grabbed them right out of the air. I was like, 'Oh, my reaction time is really good. This is going well.'
How do we make hockey more affordable? How do we get it into more households? How do we keep it part of the conversation? Those are things that will help us not only increase registration numbers from a grassroots level but also deepen the player pool from the senior national team and the elite level.
When I graduated from the University of Wisconsin, I was highly encouraged to move to Boston to train as a hopeful for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. I remember packing up my car, traveling out here to live with other teammates and share an apartment.
I think, as an athlete, you tend to be cautious of your body language and what you're doing on the ice. That might be the only moment someone sees you.
I absolutely love music. Music is so powerful and can set the tone and change your mood.
Both of my parents have loved and supported me from my very first strides.
When I was 5 years old, I told my grandmother I was going to play hockey in the Olympics. Fifteen years later, I competed in my first Olympics.
I am the oldest in our family. I have three younger brothers. I needed to set a great example for them. It instilled a sense of competition in me and hunger to strive to be the best. There's a lot of pride being the only girl and the oldest.
I think the biggest thing is people forget that we're these crazy athletes with these athlete bodies and stuff, but it's just important to feed the other side of it, and if there's a piece of cake there, have the piece of cake. You earned it. You only live once.
I have to eat a lot more in the summer because I'm burning more calories.
Growing up, and the way that the media portrays, you're supposed to look a certain way. Muscles aren't beautiful. Muscles aren't feminine.
I've always been sensitive to the phrase 'like a girl,' especially when I was growing up and was told I couldn't play with the boys. It really resonated with me. I was so inspired by the first #LikeAGirl video, and I wanted to be a part of such a powerful message.
Just having the hunger to continue to learn motivates me.
Social media is huge. You can give people a behind-the-scenes look at your life.
I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice.
My favorite country that I have visited would have to be Sweden. I'm such a sucker for the Swedish culture, and I learned Swedish in college, so I like to try and navigate my way around.
I wear yoga pants and get to work out all the time - it's my job. I feel a little bit different when I go into what I call 'the real world.' It's cool to be able to train as a full-time job, and it's something that I love and will continue to try to make work for the next however-many years.
I think you are a product of the environment you surround yourself in, and everything you've experienced is a part of you and the fabric you are in.
I know there are sort of misnomers that women's hockey isn't as physical or fast as the guys, but women's hockey is very dynamic and tactful in its own ways. It's just as respectable of a sport as any male counterpart.
I went to a lot of Chicago Wolves games when I was growing up... They would come out of the tunnel, the pyramid would be there, and the fire would come out of the pyramid. I thought it was the coolest thing.
The songs that are on my playlist find themselves there because I can identify with the lyrics, or they have some magical transformative power in the beat.
I try to get a well-balanced diet with a mix of greens, protein, and carbs.
My two earliest memories - earning little buttons on our skates when we learned how to skate from one end of the ice to the other and when I first lifted the puck.
When our world is telling girls and women who they should be or what they should look like, it is critical that we empower those girls and young women to be confident with who they are.
