Top 70 Connor McDavid Quotes

Obviously I get paid to score and create chances, and that’s what I have to do. But just at the same time, I have to be able to be responsible defensively, good on face-offs, all the little things that coaches love and that win games.

After going through the playoffs, you definitely get a sense for how important it is to go through it at least once before you win.

You don’t want to be that big shot, some guy who’s some… whatever.

He’s Bobby Orr – he’s been through it all. Whatever he says, you listen. If you ask a question, you’re dying to hear the answer, trying to figure out any piece of information that made him successful.

Any time you give up two shorthanded goals, you’re not usually going to win.

If you want to do something for the rest of your life, it’s not going to be easy, especially being a pro hockey player, so you need to work at it.

I’m dying to play in the playoffs. Dying to bring a little success back to Edmonton. I think the fans deserve it, the city deserves it.

If you’re tanking to get a higher draft pick, you really shouldn’t be playing hockey.

I still feel pressure – I’m sure everyone who plays feels pressure – but I don’t feel it as much now as when I was younger.

Every year is a new year, and when you look at the turnover year to year, teams that made the playoffs last year aren’t a guarantee to make the playoffs this year.

You have to make every day count toward your dream.

It’s insane to really think about, someone is going to pay me $100 million to do what I would do anyway on a regular day; it’s insane.

The beauty of hockey players is that they make everyone feel included and make everyone feel a part of it.

There’s something about playing in junior and being with your buddies all the time and going through that run, it’s hard not to fall in love with it.

I definitely still work on my skating a lot.

If you’re starting to lose the love of the game, it means you’re not going to work as hard.

There are certain things you can say off the ice, but I think it’s mostly on the ice. There are certain situations where you feel like the team may need a big play, something like that, where you feel like it’s your responsibility to step up and you do that, but I definitely do that more on the ice than off.

I was always the pouty little kid whenever I lost.

Honestly, I felt pressure more when I was a lot younger.

I think the main thing, you only get one career and you need to make the most money that you can, and any player will tell you that, you need to take care of yourself and look after yourself and your family and those around you.

My style was not good. It’s definitely something that’s grown over time.

Hockey is a year-round job.

The OHL compared to the NHL playoffs, I don’t think they really compare. You can’t really rely on that experience.

I can multitask.

There is a lot of instinct that comes with playing hockey and playing a number of games and playing all the way up; you kind of get a feel for what’s gonna happen and make plays off that.

Even when I wasn’t on the ice, I was always on my rollerblades.

You want to be ramping up toward the playoffs. You want to be peaking as you’re heading in.

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.

There’s always ways to improve your game and be more dangerous and dynamic.

Just got to win games. You’ve just got to find ways to win games.

When you’re a rookie, sometimes your voice is not really heard.

We definitely do a lot of tip drills at practice and try to work on your hand-eye coordination and stuff like that.

We want to play in the playoffs as a team.

Obviously, losing isn’t fun. It’s not fun for anybody. I’m no different.

I never played against my own age, and I was one of the best players. That’s when I would get really nervous, maybe not sleep the night before a game.

We owe it to the fans and we owe it to ourselves to give it everything we have to try and put ourselves in the playoffs.

You’ve got to work hard, got to outwork the other guy and got to outwork the other team. Sometimes outsmart them every now and then, but it all starts with the work.

You look at all the elite players around the League, the guys that are responsible defensively, the guys that can score at will, they kind of do it all.

I’m definitely not one of those guys that’s chirping the guys that dress super nice, because you know, there’s guys out there in the league – and on my team in fact – that have great style. And I’m just like, ‘go for it, man, you look good!’

At the end of the day, it is hockey. It’s the same game, the rules don’t change. It’s the same hockey game I’ve been playing since I was 2 years old. I think you can kind of rely on that.

That’s what I want to do, find ways to score.

I take a lot of naps.

You don’t want to be somebody that signs a deal and kind of shuts it down, that’s not going to be me at all.

If you’re putting the puck in an awkward place for someone, that’s right away, advantage: you.

Not a lot of people get to meet their role model and idol in life, and I’ve been really lucky that way.

I used to get shadowed when I was 8 years old. Really early.

It’s a weird league in the sense that sometimes you get goals when they definitely shouldn’t have gone in, and sometimes you’re doing everything right and it’s just not going in. It’s the way it goes. I think every player who’s ever played in this league has gone through it.

You want to win hockey games, and it doesn’t really matter how you do it.

I think that’s what you need throughout your lineup. You need guys to help each other and feed off each other and to have that chemistry.

Scoring isn’t the only thing in this game.

My dad gave me this advice: ‘Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you do in the day and then worry about hanging out with friends.’

Obviously as a kid you collect hockey cards.

One season doesn’t make a career.

I think when I first came into the League, I was blowing the zone all the time, just kind of expecting pucks to get out. You learn very quickly that you can’t be doing that.

I think I’m a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try to help bring guys together. That’s what I tried to focus on when I was in Erie and I felt everyone was a part of the team. I definitely try to lead that way; I’m not the big rah-rah guy.

Just have to worry about making sure I’m playing my game and doing all that.

Every little muscle is so important.

Guys that have the best shot in the world still shoot pucks, and that’s for a reason. You keep growing your game and finding different ways to produce.

I think I was the worst loser of all time. I couldn’t stand it.

You always have to be optimistic, you can never lose that.

I’ve been lucky to be surrounded by some good hockey minds.

I’m sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it’s about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.

Edmonton has such a great history. It makes coming to the rink special to know those former players wore the jersey and had so much success here.

I think you’ve just got to have everyone buy in, working towards a common goal. Doesn’t matter who gets the credit. Really doesn’t.

I don’t care how any other Canadian team does, other than the Edmonton Oilers.

My expectations on myself exceed any of those put on me.

I’m not a big nickname guy.

I’m trying to work on it – not cheating, stopping in the ‘D’ zone, all that kind of stuff.

It’s a slim margin of error in this league.

I definitely feel like I’m a smarter player than when I first entered the League.