You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.

Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.

You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.

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.

I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.

I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn't going to do one.