Sidney Crosby
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"Sidney Patrick Crosby", Order of Nova Scotia/ONS is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who serves as Captain (ice hockey)/captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Crosby was List of NHL first overall draft choices/drafted first overall by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic, he earned back-to-back CHL Player of the Year awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. Nicknamed "The Next One", he was one of the most highly regarded draft picks in hockey history, leading many to refer to the 2005 NHL Entry Draft/2005 Draft Lottery as the "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes".

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I looked forward to it for a long time. It feels awesome. Yeah, I was happy. It's something you dream of, scoring in the NHL, and you only do it the first time once. It was big. There's a lot of emotion. The fans were great. It was so loud. I never expected to hear them (chanting) my name. You never expect that.

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I think to be great, you have to prove that you're the best year after year after year and show that by winning. I think that's something you have to earn. You have to prove that. I don't really think about it. I think that's something that's too far ahead for me.

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You can't afford to go out there and watch too much, ... If you get caught watching, you're not going to get to the puck and not going to make good plays.

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I am definitely looking forward to getting on the ice every day and meeting the guys here.

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I'd love to have the opportunity to do that, ... Obviously I'm going to be a rookie, so I'm going to try to learn as much as a I can, be open-minded. And be a student. . . . I'm going to learn from one of the best guys in Mario Lemieux. So I'm going to try and be a sponge in that way and learn as much as I can from him.

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The defensemen went down and got out of position. So then the goalie had no choice but to play the shot so I knew Mark had an open shot. I gave him a quick look and got him the puck.

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I'm looking at it as short-term as possible. I want to have a good camp and push myself to raise my game as best I can. Obviously, this is a new level, but the pressure has always been there. I've always put a lot of pressure on myself to perform.

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I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.

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I'm not trying to be the next Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux, ... I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential -- that's all I can do.

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