And I've learned that over the years , like you , you can't be comparing yourself to other people because everyone develops at their own pace and everybody has their own path . If you stick to your identity and you stick to your journey , you know , if you have that faith in yourself and everything that you're doing within your process of , you know , trying to be the best that you can be and you have that belief , then you will achieve what you want . So just having that , that mindset is really powerful for any individual .
Um There's a lot of people that you're trying to compare yourself to . And I've learned that over the years , like you , you can't be comparing yourself to other people because everyone develops at their own pace and everybody has their own path . If you stick to your identity and you stick to your journey , you know , if you have that faith in yourself and everything that you're doing within your process of , you know , trying to be the best that you can be and you have that belief , then you will achieve what you want .
I was just kind of going through the motions trying to soak everything up . But being able to , you know , have an action plan on how to better myself as a player . And a person these last 23 years have , have really , um , taught me a lot about myself .
Hey , let's , let's let's work this over . Let's do a little drill after practice and you can really grow your skills if you're willing to just ask for help from a teammate or a coach . That's been one of the biggest things because there's so many high end talented players that have come before me and are going to come at Michigan and being able to leverage um you know , their skills to help uh benefit myself have been , you know , really big .
So , um , that's something that we all , you know , talk about on a daily basis and , uh , we all share that connection . Yeah , I think when it comes to training , I think just trying to develop habits at an early age , having someone , um , that played hockey , uh , like my dad , uh , being able to , to get advice from him and , um , you know , how to get proper sleep , how to prep before , you know , a game or just like little things , um , off the ice , like being able to eat , eat the right way and being able to cook for yourself all little things that kind of lead up to , you know , putting yourself in the position to , to succeed . Um , was really great advice and , you know , I , I still , you know , adhere that to today .
