Be sure to tune in tonight at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN for Sidney Crosby’s chat with Bob Costas in the latest edition of Costas Tonight.
A few excerpts from the interview:
Crosby on scoring the overtime goal against Team USA in the 2010 Olympics to clinch the gold medal in Vancouver: “Scoring an overtime-winning goal in your own country, playing for Canada, a country that’s so passionate about hockey – it’s pretty special...playing for Canada, we always know that expectations are high. But being in Canada, in the Winter Olympics, we knew we had to find a way.”
Crosby on Russian LGBT Laws and 2014 Sochi Games: “Growing up in Canada, that’s something I never even really thought about or discussed – it didn’t matter. Anyone had the opportunity to play a sport, and to go through that was something that was a learning experience for me. I never even thought that’s something that would come up.”
Crosby on his history with concussions: “I look back to the first time I came back from the concussion, and I almost overdid it. I almost hit guys more than I typically would. I went into those areas probably when I didn’t need to almost to prove to yourself that, ‘hey, everything’s good.’”
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