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I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.
I went out almost every night with the guys on the team between 1975 and 1981. We were winning in those years. It was fun.
I mean, sometimes if you're not always going to win on the scoreboard, you want to make sure that you're there physically.
You have to try to push yourself to the limit. You can't worry about making a mistake. If you worry about it, you'll lose.
It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.
It is unethical for any man to tax another man's home to fund his social agenda. Friends don't do that, your enemies will.
Poetry is the sister of Sorrow. Every man that suffers and weeps is a poet; every tear is a verse, and every heart a poem.
Yes, there's Montreal, but my real home, where my kids were born, where I became a citizen of this country, is New Jersey.
Silence is golden! [Malcolm Subban] knows not to talk too much smack cause you don't want to give me that incentive right?
I'm just kind of focused on playing the game and try to get better at certain things and wipe the slate clean every night.
I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.
In my situation there are often things I need to do for the team, so when I get the chance to relax it's all I want to do.
I got to play with Jack Stewart for many years, and I appreciated that. He was a wonderful policeman to have on your team.
You don't want to look too far ahead or get too excited about anything, so I just want to keep doing what I've been doing.
That's what you need to win a Cup and go far in the playoffs, you need every guy to be accountable in all areas of the ice.
I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.
In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.
It makes it very hard for us to warn people about the wolves when the leaders of the sheep are associating with the wolves.
We're scared of losing. That's why we win. We know what it's like to lose and we hate it. We enjoy being champions too much.
If I told you that the big contract had nothing to do with my signing, Id be lying. It made the future secure for my family.
There weren't many black players when I was growing up, and I remember playing and looking up to the ones that were playing.
For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.
I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.
I've always had a passion for hockey, ... That's the key. You can't be putting in time. You have to enjoy doing what you do.
No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.
I'm proud to be Russian. We have probably the best country in the world. Everything is the best: hockey players, cars, girls.
I started playing hockey late and it was unclear until the very last moment if I was talented or not. But it turned out well.
My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family.
You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.
Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.
I think when I was younger, I knew I was either going to get a penalty or score a goal. It was a gamble. But it benefited me.
You want to be the guy to carry the Stanley Cup around and leave the game on a high note. As we all know that rarely happens.
With the year off, I think most guys were excited to get going, but coming to Ottawa, a new place, made me even more excited.
To see Grant Fuhr starring, to see Claude Vilgrain and Tony McKegney, it was very important for me to see to follow my dream.
I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.
These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.
Since I was drafted by the Blackhawks, the people of Chicago have really embraced me and treated me with nothing but respect.
I can't control what people say or anything like that. I have to focus on what I can control and that's what I'm going to do.
It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.
My hope, it's not only my hope, but all of the NHL hopes to raise hockey in China because it's a good country to raise hockey.
I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.
We are all built differently. Some guys are more powerful. Some guys are very tall. I'm not very tall, so I rely on quickness.
When I was first drafted, I was just happy that any team wanted to take me, but it was the Red Wings, and that made it better.
I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go.
In retirement, I have enjoyed it... and everyone misses the game, there's no question, you miss lots of different parts of it.
The MOST important concept in achieving a BIG goal is to 'Powerfully Believe in Yourself!' If you have that, who can stop you?
Owners never paid my salary. I always recognized that it was the people in the seats who did. I always wanted to give my best.
You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
Mother Nature give me a hell of a body. My parents or whatever. Thanks, Mom and Dad. Mother of nature... From Russia with love.