It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against that. I think it's a great life, and yeah, you can lead them in that direction. I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it, they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.