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.

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.

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

My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.

What makes it all worthwhile is we just play for the sheer enjoyment of entertaining people and... make our families and the team we played on and the people watching, proud of what we did.

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

I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire!