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Valley: We talked a little bit before about confidence. In your opinion, where does it come from and how do you get it and keep it? Elliott: “For me, confidence comes from practice. If I feel good in practice, that’s what is going to get me through the games. If you’re waiting for confidence to come after you win games, it’s too late. I think that’s why you put so much emphasis on stopping every shot in practice. If you make those crazy saves in practice, you’re going to make them in games. It’s developed and I think you learn that over time, which is you have to get that confidence and you have to work to keep it, and my way of keeping it is just working hard in practice every day. You can’t expect it to just change in games.” Valley: We talked about life management. When you’re away from the rink, you try to relax more. I saw a big change when you got married, and you talked about that a little earlier. That’s probably something I would imagine that you’ve learned through experience, that you can’t think about the game the whole time and you need that balance. Would that be fair to say? Elliott: “Yeah, absolutely. I think when you’re a younger player and you don’t have a roommate or anyone to come home to, the game is all you have. Hockey is your life and you do it seven days a week and it’s hard not to bring it home with you because that’s what you’re thinking about non-stop. When you have a little bit of an escape, it helps tremendously. That has been my experience. I don’t know if it’s coincidence, but even when Amanda would come and visit me for a week or so in past seasons, I am pretty sure I went undefeated when she was with me. So I think it’s about finding balance for sure, and with balance comes comfort – that’s the good feeling you get when you come home, and you take that feeling with you on the way back to the rink. If you think about the bad things, those are going to follow you around like a shadow. Sooner or later, a shadow is going to put you in the dark. Once I figured it out that the support system and balance means a ton, it really made a difference in my game and my mental approach.” Valley: That’s great, because the last question I had was to discuss that support network. Is that something you need, the backing of different people to stay balanced? Elliott: “Yeah, most definitely. I think for a goalie it’s especially important because you can have bad games and everybody notices. It’s a hard thing to deal with so without that support system, it’s tough. I think you look for that in many different ways. Obviously you and I have developed a good relationship, and that’s what a good goalie coach can do. It’s just a sounding board and you don’t give me too much feedback or anything, just listen and be that person to kind of lean on. A few tips here and there definitely help, but when you have a goalie coach within the organization, he can really get what you’re going through and can give you a kick in the ass every once in a while. He can make you feel good about anything. But like I said about my wife and family, balance is everything.”