Hayley Wickenheiser Quotes (25 Quotes)

I think it's the greatest upset in the history of women's hockey. It is a bit bittersweet. We've been geared toward the U.S. all year, and we prepare for them with everything we do. We were anticipating playing them, but it's great for Swedish hockey and for the game's health.

It's kind of nice to get the monkey off my back and get two goals and now I don't have to think about it anymore.

We haven't faced a lot of adversity in our own end, but I'm sure they'll be fired up when they hear that comment. They'll be ready to go.

This is the Olympics, and it matters. If there was no goal differential that mattered, we would probably dump the puck in and sit back. But it makes a mockery at the same time when you just sit back. Fans don't want to see that. ... If I was watching (the U.S.) scoring so many goals, I might wonder, too, but differential does matter.

We're expecting to go over and win the gold and defend the gold medal. Anything less would be disappointing for us. We know what we have to do. It's just a matter of doing it on the day when it counts the most.

We've been in pressure games a lot over the years, so we're used to it. We, by no means, think we've got this thing in the bag.

There were a lot of kids in the crowd and I think a lot of them were familiar with my name and obviously being over here with the attention I received when I was here. It was kind of nice to hear the kids squealing, the atmosphere was good.

I thought it was going to be closer. That's not great hockey.

They (Finland) played a great game against the U. S. and we have to get off to a quick start. Finland is always a problem with their speed and scoring ability.

We expected Italy to be weak, but we're not going to apologize for winning.

This is a pretty powerful line. We just complement each other's strengths. (Gillian) is a big-body presence and creates a lot of space for Piper and I to make plays. I think we have good chemistry right now.

It doesn't matter to me we could fly under the radar all the way to the big game that we win and that would be fine.

...is to win the Olympic gold medal this year, that's for sure the biggest one.

I didn't expect much from Italy, but Russia I thought would be better. I don't think they played with much heart.

You'd never see that on a men's team with a little baby on the bus who is crying at midnight. All the girls enjoy having him around. It's refreshing if it makes her feel comfortable, we're fine with it.

I think it's the greatest upset in women's hockey. They were talking about taking women's hockey out of the Olympics. I think after tonight you can't talk about that any more.

What you'd like to see from a young player is they have to come into camp confident enough to take somebody's spot. You see that a lot more in men's hockey than you do in the women's game.

To be Olympic champions for the second time in a row is great. It's definitely harder to defend gold than to win it.

Little bit of mixed feelings because they've been our greatest competition for 15 years and now it's a different final. I think it's the greatest upset in the history of women's hockey today.

We are prepared for the medal round. We've worked a lot on the strengths and weaknesses of all the teams including ourselves. We faced a lot of penalty kills today, which was good for us.

We are a pro team in every sense of the word outside of being paid like pro players.

When I got the second goal, I knew I had 100 goals so one of my teammates, Gillian Apps, grabbed the puck for me.

We expected Italy to be weak. I don't know if we would have predicted that score, but we're not going to apologize for winning by that much. It's the Olympic Games and we've got a gold medal to try and win.

I hope that (Canadians) will be proud and understand how we had to go through this tournament to get to the end result.

To defend the gold for our team and every Canadian back home is huge. For us, it's all gold or nothing. There's no other medal to win in this tournament. That's the pressure we put on ourselves. We're just happy we can land in Canada with everybody smiling.