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

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.

Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.

I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it

I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.

I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take