If you're going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I've never met, new friends.

I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.

I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I'd finished playing, I had to go to work.

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

So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.