"I don't think I've ever felt overwhelmed on an ice rink." — Jack Hughes

You always dream of being number one. You don't dream of being two, three or four when you're a young kid. I want to be the first overall pick. I feel like that would be a dream come true if that happens.

For me, I read and react. I think when I have time and space, I'm a threat to score or a threat to make a really nice play.

We did Passover when we were younger.

Whenever we got the chance to watch a game with my dad, it was like watching video with an NHL coach.

Just to be in the locker room with the NHL players, go out to dinner with them, hang out with them. I feel like it was an invaluable experience and kind of like going to Harvard law school, I guess, because that's the best education you could get being around guys like that.

Dedicating your life to something, dedicating time to something, ending up achieving it and maybe doing better than that. Me personally, that would be a Stanley Cup. That's something I've dreamed of my whole life. I think that's why every hockey player at this level plays.

I had a pretty good sequence of games at the World Under-18 Championship but our main goal was to win gold there, and we didn't. I'd trade all 20 of my points there for a gold medal, but I feel like I had a pretty good tournament.

I think it would be unbelievable to play in the NHL as an 18-year-old.

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I don't think I've ever felt overwhelmed on an ice rink.