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Connor McDavid

(1997) Ice Hockey Player

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Connor McDavid is an ice hockey player.

Quick Facts About Connor McDavid

Born: January 13, 1997
Profession: Ice Hockey Player

About Connor McDavid

[Wikidata] Canadian ice hockey player... | [Wikipedia] Connor Andrew McDavid is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Oilers in the 2015 NHL entry draft, McDavid is widely considered one of the best players of all time.

Quotes by Connor McDavid

I was always the pouty little kid whenever I lost.

Always

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I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as…

Everyone

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

Advantage

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

Always

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

Common goal

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Everyone in the League wants to play in the playoffs; I am no different.

Everyone

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Definitely, I've learned a lot, each and every day.

Day

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Hockey is a year-round job.

Hockey

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It's more fun to be playing hockey than doing anything else.

Anything

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

Find

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I am never going to be much of a physical presence. For me, it's more about taking my strength and finding a…

Fitness

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There's something about playing in junior and being with your buddies all the time and going through that run, it's hard not…

Being

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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…

Everything

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Every little muscle is so important.

Every

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Edmonton has such a great history. It makes coming to the rink special to know those former players wore the jersey and…

Great

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You can't just go out and buy players and make a super team, because it's so hard to do that. The salary…

Go

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

Game

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Being solid in your own zone, being a good faceoff guy, those are things that are all important as you go deep…

Deep

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I'm not a big nickname guy.

Big

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I was definitely not the cocky kid. I was probably on the other end of the spectrum - I was quiet. I…

Competition

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I definitely still work on my skating a lot.

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

Big

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I need to improve my physical play and get as big and strong as I can.

Big

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There's always ways to improve.

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

Find

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