I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.

People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

He's as old as some trees.

If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl.

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.

Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'You don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm very happy that it happened.