Top 45 Brad Marchand Quotes

There’s not a whole lot that fazes me at all.

I remember all the way back to atom, when I would be doing things I shouldn’t be doing. It is just how I was. It just gets me involved in the game.

We’re all friends, me and the refs.

I’d rather take 30 points and win a Cup than I would 100 points and not win.

If we want to be a good team, you have to learn how to practice every day.

There’s so much to benefit from being able to control your mind in certain situations and it just keeps you even-keel all the time when things are going well and when they’re not. That’s one thing that I’ve always had a bit of a tough time doing. When I get up, I get excited. When I’m down, I get pretty frustrated.

We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.

When you’re able to rely on four lines and every D and both goalies, it’s big.

Both my grandfathers were in the Navy, and I have cousins and uncles in the military, so it’s something that I’ve always respected.

The leadership group I had to follow is very easy to walk in their footsteps and try to be like them. You try and set that same example for the guys coming up.

I’ve won midget championships, a junior-league title, two World Junior Championships and some other minor-hockey championships, but I don’t think teams win because I’m on them.

Sometimes, you go down to Florida and Tampa and you get a couple days off, you can get complacent.

I’ve always enjoyed the emotion of being out there in the last minute of a game or the last couple minutes down by a goal. I think a lot of guys tend to thrive in that situation and I prefer to be out there.

There’s always room for every player to improve.

My dad was a big grinder, a tough guy. I inherited that from him.

Boston has become my second home. I absolutely love it there.

I’ve always been the kind of guy to take it day by day with not a whole lot of worries.

If I played the game any other way, you wouldn’t know my name. You wouldn’t care enough to hate me because I wouldn’t be in the NHL.

It’s tough to lose, but it’s a lot tougher to lose knowing how good it is to win, how good it feels to win.

I remember being 20 years old and I’m living by myself for the first time with my buddies and what you’re worried about day to day is what am I going to eat for dinner? I don’t know how to cook, so I’ve got to get canned food. Those are the only worries you have in the world.

You don’t forget everything that happens when you win, and you definitely don’t forget what happens when you lose.

I’ve always been a pretty easy going guy.

Growing up, I had military members in my family.

I don’t bite the hand that feeds me. I’m a little smarter than that.

I guess if the president of the United States gives you a nickname, you have to stick with it.

I’m not always a rat. Sometimes it just comes out.

When your team does well and you’re winning then everyone has success from that. You see that with all Cup-winning teams. Those guys end up having long careers.

I have been a Bruin since the start of my pro career and there is no place I would rather play.

Obviously a little easier playing at home.

Those split-second decisions that you can’t take back, that’s what I need to continue to improve.

When the team does well we all do well.

I want to stand up for what I believe in, and I don’t think it’s right when people say things or bash people because of their sexual orientation.

Maybe playing around and having fun is considered being a rat… I guess I’m a rat.

I have to play a bit of a physical game and try to work harder than everyone else.

Winning and losing, it sticks with you forever.

I was always taught growing up that great players show up to big games.

Especially young guys, it’s always fun to see young guys come in and have that same enthusiasm about playing a certain way and fitting into a certain role and going after guys, trying to get them off their game.

Deep down I think I’m a lovable guy.

When you’re out there and you see how excited the kids get to talk to you and how much they enjoy watching us play, it’s really touching and I think we all appreciate what we do so much more when you see the excitement that you bring; especially with the kids.

I’ve always been a guy that’s worked hard off the ice and prepared the right way and I feel like I can play those minutes, can play power play and PK and 5-on-5 and I’ve worked hard to make sure my stamina’s up so I can play those minutes.

I have friends who are in gay relationships and I don’t think it’s right for people to be against that.

I’m not great at trying new things.

I had to play a certain style to get in the league, but now I want to be a player that stays in the league a long time, and you have to change your game and adapt.

Being an agitator gives me an opportunity to draw penalties against the other team. That’s one part that brings emotion to my game.

I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.