Patrick Kane

“I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you.”

“Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.”

“When you're 18, 19, you think you know everything, but you have no clue about anything.”

“I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.”

“I like Joe Sakic. Coming out of Buffalo, I obviously like Alexander Mogliny, Pat LaFontaine. Hasek is up there. Miroslav Satan. Whoever seemed to be a good player at the time I'd watch. Jagr too. I tried to learn a lot from those guys.”

“I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.”

“I think you try to improve every season and every game and be prepared about certain defensemen you're playing against, certain ways to find open ice.”

“If you do something wrong, it's going to be all over the place. Not only does that go for me, but anyone in here. You just really have to be aware of it.”

“It's funny: when you're skating around during warm-ups, I'll see signs that say things like: 'Kane, Prom?' We have a fun, young team, and girls are asking you to the prom and giving you their numbers.”

“It's pretty funny, just driving by in a cab, and you see a huge billboard of yourself on the side of a hotel, like a 100-by-100 poster hanging up.”

“I think for me, personally, I'm a guy who has watched ESPN ever since I've been growing up. You turn it on, and it's one of the first stories - the Blackhawks and hockey, which you don't really see on that station. That's cool to see.”

“It's obviously disappointing and surreal when you see someone else win the Stanley Cup.”

“Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.”

“I still love playing the game, and it's amazing we can do this as a so-called 'job,' and it's amazing we can come to the rink every day and play the game we love.”

“I know hockey is growing in the U.S., and it's becoming more popular, but anything to get the game out there and see how we view it. We view it as the best game in the world.”

“You grow up... you spend five years rooming with each other, and you're going to get sick of each other at times. And you're going to have some good times as well.”

“I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.”

“I don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.”

“You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.”

“Obviously, not playing a game before playoffs is something that happened, but especially going into the playoffs, you try to feel yourself out, where you're at, and then get right into game tempo and jump right in and play where you were before the injury.”