P.K. Subban Quotes

P.K. Subban

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 13, 1989

I have no control over what the fans do or what the media say. I just do what I can - go out there and play hockey and have a smile on my face when I do it, just try to have a little bit of fun.

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

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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.

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You only have one shot at most things, so why not give it everything you've got, right?

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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.

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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.

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I think it's important for athletes to set a tone in a way that we're looking to build bridges.

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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.

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

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Chuck Hughes is one of my very good friends.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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?'

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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.

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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.

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

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Our law enforcement, these are people that leave their houses and may not come back home at the end of the night.

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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.

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