Brad Marchand Quotes

We always play better when we play with emotion.

Fans want their emotions to come to the surface. How? By their team transmitting intensity, attacking, scoring goals, competing, winning. That awakens them.

I despise lackadaisical behavior when it comes to our music. I mean, this is heavy metal music. You must be involved. You're required to be involved.

Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I'm playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all your energy into one thing; it's the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.

When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

What gets me upset about with the newer players is their lack of intensity. They tend to go through the motions a little bit. They don't understand that you've got to practice the way you play.

I am full of fire and passion. I am not ready yet for great concentration and passion.

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.

I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.

Whenever I'm out on the field, I love to go full-go.

College football, acting, opera singing - I approached them all in the same obsessive way.

I'm aggressive on the field and a team-man to the core.

I'm very driven, and I play with a lot of passion. So sometimes I'm a little too amped up because I love playing football and I'm very passionate about this game and playing for my teammates.

Tempers flare at times. That's what good teams do: they react to things and go out there and leave it all on the field.

I will dive on the floor for a loose ball. That's how I'm trained. I can guard a guard if I want to. That's just that price. I'm not gonna sit here and let you score on me. That's in my blood.

'Intensity' is a good word. It's like ambition, if it's not ambition at expense of someone else.

We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard.

You've got to bring it. You've got to make sure people feel the energy you're trying to bring to the game.

I'm going to compete every possession.