Connor McDavid Quotes

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad.

I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it was a team I cherished as a kid. It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

The Montreal Canadiens have been a big part of my family.

I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme. The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.

Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.

Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.

If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard.

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

Winning the Super Bowl was obviously a great one, but the joy I felt of going to the Super Bowl, it was what I felt about the Pittsburgh Steelers and where we came from, the history of us to that point.

Around New York, I used to hear that expression, 'Once a Dodger, always a Dodger.' But how about, 'Once a Yankee, always a Yankee?' There never was anything better than that. You never get over it.

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player.

Some people insist that hallowed professional teams should never change their nicknames.

When you win in Montreal, it's the best place in the world to play hockey.

I don't want to compare but when you're a Manchester United player, you're a Manchester United player for life.

I would want to wear No. 20, just because a lot of history behind that number through high school and college.

I still remember going to school on game day with my high school jersey on.

I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back.

I feel like most ex-NBA players don't embrace the team they played for.

This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?

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

My rookie season, I wore 8 because I had wanted 15, but it's retired in Philadelphia. I had worn 15 in college.

I'm so proud to have been a part of the Chiefs for 12 seasons and will always feel like a part of their family.

Don't get me wrong - any team in the league, I'm blessed to be on. But to be the team that you dreamed about as a little kid, it's just that much more special.