We have to get families back in the game, get back where Saturday night, everything stops. A case of beer comes out and a bottle of rye and anyone who comes to the house, they better want to watch hockey.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.

I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

All I've done all my life is just tried to better the game for our players and for those people watching.

I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'