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All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.
Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby.
We are going to have to do something about all this violence, or people are going to keep buying tickets.
When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.
I love all the different ways that New Yorkers show their individuality through what they choose to wear.
If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
My mom's actually a Buddhist. My dad's a Christian and he was a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity.
Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb.
I've done the same thing in the world of business that winners do in the game. I watch them, admire them.
When I go down the ice, I feel it, the wind in the side of my hair, and then I got the party in the back.
I've got to play better and contribute more”. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games.
I don't spend a lot of time here in New York. I didn't realize there were so many Bruins fans in New York.
Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game.
I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.
Individual records are nice to get, but before the season starts, you want to play to win the Stanley Cup!
I yell at the players if I don't like the way they are playing. But when they're playing well, I hug them.
I know how well I can play. I don't mention myself with the other players. I mention myself with the best.
Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.
I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.
Winning makes coaches, teammates, owners, fans all happy... I didn't care if we win 7-6 as long as we win.
When I got drafted I just wanted to play one game in the NHL. I didn't really care anything about winning.
No, that's not true. I didn't see his place that much, but he's a good kid and I had fun playing with him.
It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.
My relationship and the bond with the people in Montreal was kind of special and doesnt happen very often.
I felt like an outsider. The only time you get to really know guys is on the ice, and I couldn't be there.
I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.
To be honest, I don't remember what happened in '95, '96 and '97. It was hard years. My memory is deleting.
If somebody going to tell you don't play video games on the road or at home, I'm not going to listen to it.
It's tough to lose, but it's a lot tougher to lose knowing how good it is to win, how good it feels to win.
I just wore a cage my whole career coming up, and didn't feel a reason not to have some type of protection.
It's an amazing honor to be the fourth Black hockey player to go into the Hall of Fame. It's a huge thrill.
But once I left home to play hockey, it was a commitment to be the best I could be and try to make the NHL.
Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.
My first five years, I missed a ton of games. I had elbow surgery twice; I had wrist surgery, knee surgery.
My relationship and the bond with the people in Montreal was kind of special and doesn't happen very often.
I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.
It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL
As a player you don't want to hurt someone and you don't want to see someone leave the ice with the doctors.
The most important thing is if you keep your body in good shape, you know what you have to do for your body.
They always try to play with our minds. But that won't work with our club. We've got 20 guys without brains.
We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.
My doctors say the more I continue to push, the more I can continue to raise that bar, the better I can get.
You can't always be the top player, but you can always contribute. I just want to win...that's what matters.
The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.
They just love to complain about me because I'm an American who gets more press than their Canadian players.
Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.
We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.
Retiring today allows me to walk away from the game with pride, rather than have the game walk away from me.
I'd be lying to you if I said guys weren't afraid of him. I'm afraid of him, afraid of him running in to me.