A biography for Hilary Knighthasn’t been written yet.
“The cool thing about a start-up - this is sort of the entrepreneur side of me - is that you can make it grow as much as you can. Or you can squander the talent as much as you want. But it's up to you.”
“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.”
“I have to eat a lot more in the summer because I'm burning more calories.”
“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.”
“I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Scoring two goals to win a game will hurt an opponent more than a punch in the face.”
“I golf for my own entertainment and my teammates' entertainment.”
“Now I can give back and be a role model and an advocate for women in sport.”
“The real answers aren't in textbooks; they can be found through experiences.”
“Women in general, we tend to shrink ourselves and not have as much confidence as we should in presenting ourselves and our body types. It's OK to be fit and healthy and comfortable within your body, whatever frame you have.”
“Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country.”
“Social media is huge. You can give people a behind-the-scenes look at your life.”
“Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts.”
“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.”
“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.'”
“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.'”
“Cheat meals? I love cheat meals.”
“When I was 5, I'm like,' I'm doing this,' whether there's women's ice hockey, men's ice hockey, whatever it was in my future.”