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WHICH HOCKEY PLAYERS do you know who blaze bright and don’t make a fuss? A number of players spring to mind. How is it that they don’t have to say much, because the way they play does all the talking for them?

Of all the players out there who display calm and true leadership, one of the greats is Pittsburgh Penguins and Team Canada legend Sidney Crosby. When hockey fans watch Sidney and listen to him speak, they see and hear a hockey player who speaks with true confidence.

What do I mean by true confidence? People who are comfortable in what they do and how they do it, and in what they say and how they say it. A player who is comfortable playing his game and likes the results he gets when he plays. I’m describing a way of living and being successful that comes from acting with honor, dignity, and self-respect—and from taking responsibility for getting results that count.

There are people with true confidence all around us. It’s the single-parent hockey mom who works hard every day to make sure the bills get paid and there’s food on the table yet still finds time to drive her kid to the ice, day after day after day. It’s the unassuming kid in the class who doesn’t need to be the loudest person to feel that she deserves to be part of the group. It’s the Sidney Crosbys of this world who play hockey with good intentions and determination, have respect for themselves and others, and take the right actions so that their play speaks for itself.