It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

I look forward to proving something to myself and others.

I don't think you can run around and crash and bang quite the way that I might have done in the past.

People on the streets are ready for hockey.

When you ask for the house, car, cat, dog and all the fish when you're dealing with a player who's got questions about his health, no GM in his right mind is going to say yes and offer to clean the aquarium, too.

I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.

I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents.