Brad Marchand Quotes

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Brad Marchand

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 11, 1988

Practice makes perfect and if you practice battling and competing and working hard, then that will transfer over in a game. If you practice just kind of floating around out there in practice, you know that's going to transfer over, too. So I think the harder you work and the more you compete, then that's how you're going to play in a game.

Brad Marchand

I'm not a big poker guy, I like to play shnarps.

Brad Marchand

If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win, you may as well not make the playoffs, because you are loser just like everyone else.

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

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There's going to be ups, there's going to be downs and you're going to have to roll with the punches.

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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.

Brad Marchand

There's a difference between having an edge and being stupid.

Brad Marchand

Growing up, your whole goal and dream is to make the NHL. Once you get there, you kind of have to expand your goals on and off the ice. It took a little bit of time for me to do that, but again, with age and maturity you understand what you want more and how to achieve those things.

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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.

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That's what you need to win a Cup and go far in the playoffs, you need every guy to be accountable in all areas of the ice.

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We're all friends, me and the refs.

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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.

Brad Marchand

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.

Brad Marchand

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.

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In playoffs, it's so emotional and the tension's really high and guys are laying everything on the line. And when you do that, things get chippy and guys are playing aggressively, and I think it just comes out in the playoffs a little more. When you know what's on the line and what you're expected to do, it just comes out.

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

Brad Marchand

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.

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There are great players who go unnoticed because they're not on the best teams.

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There's very few guys that play for one team their whole careers, nowadays, especially in the cap era it's a lot tougher.

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You have to be able to win on the road if you want to win in the playoffs.

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