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I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates.