I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

I'd never complain about the attention - ever. I feel very fortunate to be doing what I love to do. Not everyone gets that chance every day. This is just part of it, and it comes down to managing my time to make sure I concentrate on my passion, which is the hockey, and have time away from hockey.

I've always had a passion for hockey, ... That's the key. You can't be putting in time. You have to enjoy doing what you do.

It's been really slow obviously, but I'm not worried about that. I feel like from where I was a couple months ago, things are a lot better. Just being able to skate and stuff was encouraging. Hopefully the next step doesn't have any hurdles.

I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.

I try to stay pretty level-headed and just do what I have to do.

It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.