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I practiced and played a certain way that kept my body limber. That's probably why I never got hurt.

If I'm not going to play a lot I'd like to have a chance to win every time I jump between the pipes.

Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody.

You have to pay attention to details to have success in the playoffs. You can't take anyone lightly.

I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.

There's going to be ups, there's going to be downs and you're going to have to roll with the punches.

I've always been a goal scorer. Playing both ways is something I wanted to do coming into the league.

I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past.

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

It's nice to see the young ones 7, 8, 9 years old. It seems like they know you through their parents.

How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

We suffered a setback and there were too many trades until Dave Taylor came along and Charlie Simmer.

I'm sorry I didn't feel any better or play any better, but that's what happens at the end of careers.

Don't try to watch two teams in one night. Focus on one team, and focus on five or six guys at first.

The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet.

I told Pat I want to be him for Halloween. I almost got hit and I told Pat I should stop teasing him.

To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian.

I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.

How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

Herb Brooks, God rest his soul, wasn't coaching a Dream Team. He was coaching a team full of dreamers.

Losing a game is not a big deal, except you've got to make sure that you move on and get the next one.

Bryan Fogarty could skate faster, shoot harder and pass crisper drunk than the rest of us could sober.

Hopefully I can be a good light in the hockey world and promote faith as something that's really real.

For us [hockey] is an opportunity, myself and my brothers have an opportunity to do something special.

There's only a couple stats that matter. No one cares how many blocked shots a guy has, how many hits.

I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.

I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them

I have friends who are in gay relationships and I don't think it's right for people to be against that.

No duty is more earnestly impressed upon us in Scripture than the duty of continual communion with Him.

I got the experience, I got the strength, I got the talent, I got the famous jump hook. That's my move.

[Airmail was] an impractical sort of fad, and had no place in the serious job of postal transportation.

It's only 60,000. It's not a big town. It's a big hockey town. Everybody plays hockey when you grow up.

Pretty it's pretty good for me because I'm over here in the winters. It's really improved my golf game.

As I have always found, and often am forced to remember, to all things there is a beginning and an end.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I'd choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros.

Halifax is a big hockey city. Everyone loves the game here and really enjoys anyone who has had success.

It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.

I am getting old, but it works in this job. I'm so slow now that I can't get out of the way of the puck.

When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.

I like to play the puck. I like to be creative a little bit around my net, and now it's been taken away.

When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.

With the fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, the way I've been treated here has been awesome.

I always say that if she treats her kids half as good as she treats the dogs, they'll be in great shape.

I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to keep pushing it.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

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