A biography for Hilary Knighthasn’t been written yet.
“I believe in lifestyle changes to accommodate a healthy living.”
“Going into a locker room that's not even yours to begin with is certainly like you're entering the lion's den.”
“I think having a strong female figure in my mom as an in-house role model was huge and really motivated me to continue to pursue my passion and my dreams.”
“Fortunately, I have some amazing partners that I work with that continue to support me and enable me to unleash the best me!”
“Whenever you go into a game, you want to win, and you want to come out victorious in any way.”
“I saw the older kids entering the rink carrying hockey sticks and bags, and I was fascinated by the equipment. Once I started skating faster, I was attracted to the speed and dynamics of hockey. I never looked back!”
“Both of my parents have loved and supported me from my very first strides.”
“I'm trying to change up the pace in which I approach life so I'm not always go, go, go.”
“Whenever you get Brianna Decker on the ice, and Emily Field and Amanda Pelkey, people are just going to go fast and push the pace.”
“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.”
“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'm a 'blue sky thinker' and dream big.”
“Growing up on an all-boys' team wasn't the easiest thing. I'd have guys come after me on the ice and just hit me because I'm a girl. I'd have parents heckling me from the stands, other parents not wanting me on the team, not making certain teams just because I was a girl.”
“People don't know how fantastic women's ice hockey is. People don't know how fantastic hockey is in general.”
“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.”
“Whatever I do, I want to impact people's lives in a positive way.”
“Equality should be a thing we don't even have to talk about anymore.”
“I think my role on a team is I love to put the puck in the back of the net. If that opportunity presents itself, and it happens for me, I get really excited.”
“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.”
“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.”