Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward.

That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.

I'm not playing for lack of options. But this is such a fleeting thing. When I'm done, I'm never, ever going to be able to come back to it. I know Vancouver is my last go.

It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.

There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.

I'm getting more towards that point where I'm ready to kind of pass the torch on and see the next generation succeed behind me.

When you look back from your Olympic experience, you never want to question whether you could have done more. The one thing you can control is your off-ice preparation.

I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player.

I have enough muscle already. Now I want to use it in more efficient ways.

The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and the impact that I can have if I'm fully committed to it.

In a way, by being fully committed to the Olympic movement globally, I'm better able to promote women's hockey and talk about women's hockey and put a face to women's hockey, to all the IOC members.

The danger of venturing into uncharted waters is not nearly as dangerous as staying on shore, waiting for your boat to come in.

The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.

Hear how the birds, on ev'ry blooming spray, With joyous musick wake the dawning day.

I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans.

Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s

One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working.

We shall seek debate without division or rancour.

I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy.

Once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep.

If you are thinking about something that happened a long time ago: Somebody asked you a question and you did not know the answer. That is my name.