Brad Marchand Quotes

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life.

I try to lead. I do not follow.

I think my lesson is to back yourself once you've been given a job. Far too often, I've been given a job and then doubted why I'm there.

Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?'

When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn't cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.

If you like going a certain way, then be bold and do it.

It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.

I was merely endeavoring to indicate that if we do not grab events by the collar they will have us by the throat. -Lord Vetinari

Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

You just have to say over and over again: 'I am a director.' Nobody gives it to you. Nobody anoints you.

In the very beginning whenever Mia Hamm or Brandi Chastain would call for the ball, I'd just give it to them immediately because it was them and I was nervous.

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.

I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

For me, aggression means not to be shy and to do what your mind tells you.

A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.

I had a chat with my dad and decided that sometimes you've just got to look like you're fighting. So I started putting myself about a bit more, showing a bit more aggression in training.

I took responsibility in Munich from the beginning. But I could not walk in with splayed elbows into the club and say, 'Here comes the Schalke captain.'

I think, at the end of the game, guys gotta trust themselves more. I think sometimes - not myself, but sometimes, guys - they look to Kobe too much.

Taking a backseat role is not in my nature.

With Shaq, you have to let him know that he's the man. You have to do that with him.

I've got to come out and be aggressive. I've got to be a different Roy Hibbert than I've been.

All of the men have been very respectful of me. And that's what I want. They don't have to like you. But as long as they respect you, that's really important. When I speak, I'm listened to. And when I try to move the ball, I do.