P.K. Subban

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.

Coming into a new dressing room is exciting.

That's the fun part about your playing career is that everyone knows your first and foremost responsibility, and that's playing hockey, but whenever you can mix in some other things have fun with it, that's great, too.

I've always been one to want to represent my country. I've done it on a few occasions and I've had tremendous success.

When you go into a new city, or any city that you play for, the community is a big part of every organization.

My jersey might change, but what I support will always stay the same.

I'm a competitive guy, and when it's time to be competitive, I'm all in.

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.

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.

It's something I am very passionate about, designing clothes and being creative and fashion-forward.

Everything I do is with a planned approach.

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.

I'm a pretty big believer in seizing the moment.

I think it's important to build people up and to make people feel good.

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.

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 for athletes to set a tone in a way that we're looking to build bridges.

I've come to Boston many times, my family has come here, and it's been great.

I've been playing hockey since I was two-and-a-half, three years old.

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.

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.

What works for me might not work for the next guy. You have to work within yourself and know what's going to provide you with the amount of energy you need to do your job.

To win the Stanley Cup is such a process and it takes everybody on board.

No one remembers the guy who goes out and does an adequate job.

I just speak my mind, I speak the truth.

Adding a player like Jack Hughes, a lot of teams in the NHL would dream of that talent.

I want a Stanley Cup.

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.

I never look at myself as a black player. I think of myself as a hockey player that wants to be the best player in the league.

I know I'm black. Everyone knows I'm black. But I don't want to be defined as a black hockey player.

Listen, I always choose to see the good in people. And everybody's different, everybody chooses to handle things differently.

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.

I don't ever judge somebody by what comes out of their mouth 'cause I don't know what they're thinking. Sometimes people might just say things just to see how you react about it. People might say things to you just to try to throw you off your game. Doesn't necessarily mean they're a racist.

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.

People make a mistake saying I'm trying to break down barriers and change the game. I'm not trying to do any of that.

The Olympics is about representing your country, and if you get an opportunity to play you give it all you have.

If someone wants to call me a Harlem Globetrotter, well, great, go ahead. I was very good at basketball. I was a really good point guard. I was the best passer.

Your butt and back are two of the strongest parts of your body.

Nobody is in their right to tell anybody how to spend their free time. If you like to spend it with your family or your kids, fantastic. If you want to spend it with your girlfriend, great. If you want to spend it doing charitable work, great. If you want to spend it through endorsements and marketing stuff, great.

I've always liked country music.

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.

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.

It was a dream come true for me to play with the Montreal Canadiens, and the sad thing is that my promise to the city of bringing a Stanley Cup back and wanting to win one, I won't be able to fulfill that promise.

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.

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.

Just like any other brothers that have ever played with each other or played against each other, it's a pretty special moment when you do it.

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 eat a lot of protein - steak in the morning, steak in the afternoon, fish, chicken.

Life is a chess match. Every decision that you make has a consequence to it.

At the end of the day, I want to be the best teammate I can be.