Auston Matthews

“You know, it can get to a place where when a person hears about hockey, it's not just like, 'Oh, that's the sport that middle class white guys play.' You know, it's bigger than that and it brings people together, like sport does. So hopefully it can continue to grow and expand and get to that point.”

“I elevate guys around me.”

“I just like to keep to myself for the most part.”

“You look at the guys coming out of these southwestern markets, people don't expect they have hockey or produce good players.”

“Having a good regular season isn't really cutting it anymore.”

“I have to make sure I make an impact and in every way possible.”

“Playing against older and really experienced players really challenged me.”

“In America, if I'm not at an ice rink, nobody knows who I am.”

“I just focus on getting better.”

“My dad is a competitive guy. That's a part of me. It's just a certain drive, I guess.”

“I'm not a great singer at all.”

“I think internally every team has leaders, and sometimes the guy that's not wearing the C is the actual C, right?”

“All coaches are different and have different styles in how they do things.”

“I don't care if you're somebody that likes to go, 'this is what I'm eating for breakfast and this is what I'm doing after breakfast. Then after lunch I'm going to go do this, and this is me doing this.' I don't mind. That's all good.”

“You can't wish that you were a normal kid if your dream is to play in the NHL. You've got to do whatever you can to get there, and if or when you get there you've got to enjoy it. It's what you wanted.”

“I love playing in Toronto. It's unbelievable. It's the best city to play in in the NHL.”

“The key when it comes to media is just always being responsible.”

“I've always played video games here and there. I've never been a super-gamer kind of guy, but I do enjoy playing them a lot.”

“I think sometimes having change is good because it just brings you something new and something fresh that maybe you didn't know that you needed, or you didn't know that it would work out as well as it ends up working out.”

“I love my family and they've been a huge support cast for my whole career, so I feel really lucky.”