T. J. Oshie

I've got to be a little more selfish in the sense that I believe in myself that I can score goals.

— T. J. Oshie

Sure enough, my mom and dad are from different cities north of Seattle and they had met through my mom's cousin.

— T. J. Oshie

I would just always rather play the sport than watch it, so I tend to stay away from the sports on TV.

— T. J. Oshie

A hit to me is like a one-on-one battle; it's fun trying to win those, especially when the guy is bigger.

— T. J. Oshie

If I'm not going to play my style of hockey, I might as well not be playing.

— T. J. Oshie

I don't think you ever hope someone has a broken nose or a broken bone, but sometimes that's the way it goes.

— T. J. Oshie

I'm not going on the ice to get points, I'm not going on the ice to make a highlight-reel hit or goal.

— T. J. Oshie

I was known as the weird guy who couldn't play basketball because I had to go to hockey practice twice a week.

— T. J. Oshie

I don't have a routine before the game, I obviously think about what I've got to do. But I just always want…

— T. J. Oshie

My mom told her dad, my grandpa Dexter, who she was dating and sure enough he was like 'Oh, one my best…

— T. J. Oshie

Length changes. It changes your lie. It changes how low you are to the ice. There's a lot that goes into it.…

— T. J. Oshie

Coaches have always told me, 'Shoot the puck, shoot the puck,' but they never necessarily told me where I'm getting my scoring…

— T. J. Oshie

When everyone is playing the same way, maybe that doesn't matter as much. But when they're a couple of guys that are…

— T. J. Oshie

My grandparents were in the military and so is a cousin of mine, and a close buddy, so when I heard the…

— T. J. Oshie

I'm comfortable anywhere, which I think the coaches like about me. If they need a spot to be filled, whether it's in…

— T. J. Oshie

That's kind of the stuff you dream about when you're a kid playing in the backyard by yourself, is scoring the OT…

— T. J. Oshie

I think my success is in direct correlation with how the team does. When we're winning, I'm feeling great.

— T. J. Oshie

Everyone talks about the game getting faster, stronger. Well, the hits are going to get faster and stronger.

— T. J. Oshie

Just to have friends away from the rink and talk about things unrelated to hockey is awesome.

— T. J. Oshie

St. Louis is where I want to be and it's where I want to be for a long time.

— T. J. Oshie

At the end of every practice when you're a kid, you go to the red line and do shootouts.

— T. J. Oshie

I'm a Capital. That's where I'd like to be, that's where I'd like to stay.

— T. J. Oshie

When I come to the rink, I want to get better every day, whereas before it was just all fun and games.

— T. J. Oshie

From shift to shift, I just want to go out there and whatever the task is at hand, get the job done.

— T. J. Oshie

Some little things are always going to nag me, but I've learned to deal with it.

— T. J. Oshie

I don't want to say that I do it all, but I do the best I can to be an all-round player.

— T. J. Oshie

There's a lot of guys in the League that are probably a lot more fun to watch than I am.

— T. J. Oshie

Our family is so close, that's just how we were taught and we don't know any other way.

— T. J. Oshie

It was always important to me to see kids and try to put smiles on their faces.

— T. J. Oshie

I didn't really watch hockey. I just always kind of played it and looked at it as being a fun thing.

— T. J. Oshie

My moves aren't necessarily highlight-reel. I feel like they're just ways I can get the puck in the net.

— T. J. Oshie

This expansion stuff, I wouldn't want to be the guy who has to select who to protect and who not to.

— T. J. Oshie

I want to score goals, I want to be on the first line of the power play.

— T. J. Oshie

Being a new dad, I knew it would be hard, but I don't think you really know how tired you can get…

— T. J. Oshie

We hate Chicago and Chicago hates us and unfortunately he's on the other team and he's the big gun.

— T. J. Oshie

You always want to be the guy that's able to get the game-winner, especially in overtime in NHL playoffs.

— T. J. Oshie

I want to be hitting, I want to be on the ice in the last seconds when we're up a goal and…

— T. J. Oshie

Obviously, some lines are better defensively than others, but it doesn't matter to us.

— T. J. Oshie

One thing you get from success is confidence. And confidence can go a long way for a young guy.

— T. J. Oshie

I know when Pittsburgh was winning, you played Pittsburgh and you wanted to see how you measured up against the champs.

— T. J. Oshie