Brad Marchand

“The leadership group I had to follow is very easy to walk in their footsteps and try to be like them. You try and set that same example for the guys coming up.”

“If we have to battle through some adversity during the year, sometimes that can be the best thing for a team.”

“Growing up, your whole goal and dream is to make the NHL. Once you get there, you kind of have to expand your goals on and off the ice. It took a little bit of time for me to do that, but again, with age and maturity you understand what you want more and how to achieve those things.”

“Winning the Cup at a young age is a whole other level.”

“Being an agitator gives me an opportunity to draw penalties against the other team. That's one part that brings emotion to my game.”

“I'd rather take 30 points and win a Cup than I would 100 points and not win.”

“It's always a lot easier when you have people around you supporting you.”

“At the end of the day, we all play for one reason and that's to win.”

“Everyone's going to have an opinion on the way I play the game, or things I've done.”

“Growing up, I had military members in my family.”

“You want to stay even-keel. When you get too high, when you get too low, that's when things tend to go wrong.”

“When you're a young kid and you come into the NHL, you're given money and fame, to an extent, especially in Boston.”

“You have to be able to win on the road if you want to win in the playoffs.”

“Boston has become my second home. I absolutely love it there.”

“We always play better when we play with emotion.”

“I remember all the way back to atom, when I would be doing things I shouldn't be doing. It is just how I was. It just gets me involved in the game.”

“I guess if the president of the United States gives you a nickname, you have to stick with it.”

“My dad's always been a coach and one of my coaches.”

“When you're out there and you see how excited the kids get to talk to you and how much they enjoy watching us play, it's really touching and I think we all appreciate what we do so much more when you see the excitement that you bring; especially with the kids.”

“I can never say enough good things about Boston.”