27 Quotes by Zach Parise

I think it's exciting for all the young guys to be able to skate with them to have the opportunity to make the big club. I think last year we had a different kind of training camp and we're real eager to be out there with these guys.

I was working out and I was already done for two weeks. It was a great experience playing with all those guys and then at the Olympic trials, playing on the ice with those guys, they're the best in the country.

It is an important win for us, especially coming from behind like that. These two points are just as important at the end of the season. This is a big win for us.

I think everyone's out here trying to prove something. I'm not necessarily saying 'I belong here,' but I just want to put my best foot forward and play to my strengths and do what I do well out there and see how things unfold.

Robbie was great and put me in a lot of situations, a lot of power play and a lot of penalty kill. Any time you can get a year of pro experience under your belt is great. Coming right of college I needed to adjust to the pro game from college and that season was great for me.

Regardless of what the players think about it, it's the way it's going to be, so you might as well enjoy it.

I still get nervous, I still get nervous playing. But it's good to be a little excited, a little anxious for everything. We're going to be switching groups up a little bit so we get to get on the ice with a lot of those NHL guys.

I wasn't trying to go make a point at all, ... I was trying to do what I can do. He played well. He played really well. I'm not trying to draw any comparisons.

We can't seem to buy one right now.