Sidney Crosby

“It's not that hard to stay grounded. It's the way I was brought up.”

“Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.”

“In football, every play, play after play, there's that physicality. Football players only play once a week, so they must really need to rest. That does kind of tell you how physical the sport is. But in hockey, you have the boards. I just couldn't say which is more physical.”

“Concussions are still kind of a mysterious thing.”

“Breakaway goals are fun.”

“I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.”

“In my situation there are often things I need to do for the team, so when I get the chance to relax it's all I want to do.”

“I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.”

“Breakaway goals are fun. When you score a quick one in front of the net, it just happens, but during a breakaway, there's about one or two seconds where you're not sure.”

“The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble.”

“For every whack I've given, I've gotten four or five.”

“When I'm practicing, I think I'm pretty focused, and I spend a lot of energy on making sure I get better, but once I'm outside the rink, I think, like anyone else, I like to enjoy everything that everyone else does.”

“I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.”

“Whether you're trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, I've always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether it's as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that.”

“Growing up in Canada, I didn't watch football much.”

“It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.”

“I'm not picky. When I'm hungry, I eat.”

“There's no doubt I'm emotional.”

“I watched 'Mighty Ducks.' 'Slapshot' when I was a little older.”

“I didn't realize the connection between the mullet and success. For sure, you have to have a little bit of hockey hair - a little bit of flow, as they say. A lot of guys have fun with their hockey hair, so I'll try to keep it a little long.”