Community stuff is always important to me, it's very important to the New Jersey Devils and the organization, so along with not just myself but the rest of the players on the team, it's always a priority to be able to give back in the best way possible.
P.K. Subban
Adding a player like Jack Hughes, a lot of teams in the NHL would dream of that talent.
Just leaving it all on the ice, I do it every game, and the fans appreciate that.
The simplest, most impactful question that you can ask an athlete, or ask anyone, is 'What do you want to accomplish? What's your goal?'
We're very lucky. We've been blessed with a platform, and what you can do with that platform, you can do a million things with it. I guess I just take pride in using the platform the right way.
The NHL's got tons of players from different backgrounds from different places around the world. That's what makes this league so special and that's what makes sports so special; it brings everybody together.
At the end of the day, I want to be the best teammate I can be.
It's not good enough just to hold your head high because you're one of the highest-paid players in the NHL. It's not good enough to be one of the most popular guys in the NHL or to have a social media following. What are you trying to accomplish?
My jersey might change, but what I support will always stay the same.
You have to remember that when you're in the NHL, you have the platform, and you'll never have a bigger platform than when you're playing.
I eat a lot of protein - steak in the morning, steak in the afternoon, fish, chicken.
I operate from a place of like water on a duck's back. When things are thrown at me or said to me that aren't worth my time, they don't register with me. Like it just rolls off my back.
Everybody has to work on themselves, no one is perfect. No one wakes up every morning and, you know, you have to love yourself but you also have to drive yourself from within.
I never want a coach to feel like he needs to be my friend, I always want a coach to be the coach and I'm the type of guy that wants to be held accountable all the time, so I respect coaches.
To me, that's how I want to define my career, is making a difference in big games.
I'm a competitive guy, and when it's time to be competitive, I'm all in.
You look at the best players in the game - Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr - they didn't sit on the couch and then one day join the NHL. They worked on their game. Their talent was perseverance, dedication. Those are talents to me; that's what gets you to the NHL.
For me, on the ice that's my job, to have an impact on the team in a positive way that fits into our system and how we want to play.
I've never been short of putting high expectations on myself; I've never been short of saying I want to win a Stanley Cup.
I know I'm black. Everyone knows I'm black. But I don't want to be defined as a black hockey player.
I'm very privileged to have great parents, caring parents, parents that dedicate a lot of their time and energy to their children, and we're very thankful for that.
I want a Stanley Cup.
Growing up, watching the New Jersey Devils, I watched players like Ken Daneyko, Scott Stevens, Scott Niedermayer, old school players who respected the game.
Listen, I always choose to see the good in people. And everybody's different, everybody chooses to handle things differently.
I love Montreal. I've always loved the city. And when it really comes down to it I never envisioned myself playing for any other team other than the Montreal Canadiens.
Your butt and back are two of the strongest parts of your body.
We have so many guys in the NHL who can lead by example and I embrace being a role model for a lot of kids.
When young players come into the league, they see how pop culture has affected the other sports, like the NBA and the NFL. They come in with more of an open mind.
My mentality is I've never been the guy that always has to be the center of attention or has to be the front guy. I have no problem doing my job and somebody else getting the credit, or the attention being on somebody else.
There's a lot of kids that don't even have a chance to live a balanced lifestyle. Not have to worry about food or clothes or education, or being able to play sports.
I think it's important for athletes to set a tone in a way that we're looking to build bridges.
I drop the gloves once in a while.
Chuck Hughes is one of my very good friends.
I don't think your focus as a hockey player or athlete can be anywhere else but how you want to impact the team on the ice or on the field or court.
The first car I purchased was for my father. I bought him a truck. I didn't want to see myself driving around in a nicer car than him. I wanted him to feel like he's accomplished a lot, too, which he has. He's put me in a great position.
I'm a pretty big believer in seizing the moment.
I think that there's more jealousy in sports than racism, really. I think racism exists in the works, but when I faced racism in hockey, a lot of times from jealousy, because when I was young, I was always one of the better players. And I think a lot of people were threatened by that.
In this world, there are bad people and there are good people. We can either choose to celebrate the bad ones all the time, or we can celebrate the good ones.
There's a time and a place when it needs to be all about hockey. I don't think that's 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How you choose to spend that time when it's not all about hockey is completely up to you.
The feeling being back in Montreal, it will never change. Montreal's going to be home because of the relationships that I've built here.
I think I just want to focus on being the best player that I can be and being the best role model that I can be by just doing all the right things, not just for black kids or kids from different backgrounds, but for all kids who play the game. You want them to look at you in a positive light.
Playing in Montreal for six years, being drafted in 2007, a lot of great moments in that organization. The positive moments outweigh the negative moments.
I've been playing hockey since I was two-and-a-half, three years old.
One of the things that upset me a lot, and I'm pretty open about it is people that challenge my character or challenge my commitment to my job or the game that I play.
Always been a Cowboys fan. Started as a Deion Sanders fan and learned to love the Cowboys. My dad's a big Cowboys fan too.
Hockey's filled with great people, and it's a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey.
I've come to Boston many times, my family has come here, and it's been great.
Our law enforcement, these are people that leave their houses and may not come back home at the end of the night.
I think it's important to build people up and to make people feel good.
Everything I do is with a planned approach.
