What really excited me at the end was the challenge of being the best I can be and prolonging my best level and playing against the best players in the world. But now that I don't have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world when it counts, in front of fans, it doesn't excite me as much.

It seems like my whole life I've been this little Canadian kid dreaming somebody would give me a chance.

Its crazy! I'm watching Linsanity hoping every shot goes in. Hope I never grow up.

People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.

It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.