Brooks Laich
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Podcast Appearances
He's like, you should have an education in your back pocket.
I'm like, dad, I'm gonna be a hockey player.
And he's like, well, what if you don't?
What if you hurt your knee?
I rehab it and I become a hockey player.
And I burned the boats.
I got rid of this is what I want.
And I didn't know how.
But when I was 14, I didn't know how I was going to make the NHL.
But the NHL was already in my hands.
I owned it.
I owned it.
It was mine.
My friends that would try and get me to drink or go to parties or smoke.
Still some of my best friends in my life.
They were my groomsmen.
But they tried to get me off that path.
But I was like, you guys don't even know what I'm...
I'm five years away from this in the NHL.
I'm 14, but I'm 19 in the NHL already.