HookeyPlayer
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Some interesting quotes...and he seems mentally tough as well
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/07/mcdavid-says-being-a-leaf-would-be-a-dream-come-true
“It’s pretty crazy to even think about,” McDavid said, referring to the possibility of being a Leaf one day. “But that would be an absolute dream come true.
“I’m from Toronto. You have to be a Leafs fan,” McDavid said. “So, of course, I was. Of course. My dad was a Leafs fan. Every Saturday night watching Hockey Night in Canada would be my favourite time.
“I still remember going to my first ever Leafs game. It was a Rangers-Leafs game. The Leafs won 4-1. I don’t remember (which players) were playing or who was scoring. I just remember that when my dad and I would drive down, we always used to joke who could guess the score. And for whatever reason, I picked Leafs to win 4-1. And that’s what happened. “I’ll remember that forever.”
As he came through the minor hockey and lacrosse systems in the York-Simcoe region, McDavid was a teammate of Taylor Joseph, one of Cujo’s sons. Through their friendship, there were a number of days when the boys would play shinny and/or practice in the customized rink inside a barn on Joseph’s former farm in the King City area.
Asked how he would be able to cope playing in the fishbowl of a hockey-mad Canadian market such as Toronto, Edmonton or Ottawa, McDavid said watching the way Cujo always conducted himself with dignity whenever dealing with the public certainly set a good example.
“Some of his best days came in Toronto and he thrived off the pressure,” said McDavid, adding that he subscribes to Cujo’s credo that, if you embrace the limelight that shines on you in a market like Toronto, it can be a positive.
“I 100% agree with that. It is what it is. Some of the players playing on the Leafs could tell you that. They’re living it right now. It is what it is and you’ve got to deal with it so why not embrace it? Wherever you end up, you deal with it.
“Listen, if a team could ever win in Toronto, it would be unbelievable. Whoever won would have the key to the city. It would be something that people would never forget.
“So, playing in a place like that, it has its perks and it has its downfalls. But its one of the best places in the league.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/07/mcdavid-says-being-a-leaf-would-be-a-dream-come-true