My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He'd skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.

Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There's nothing like it. It's the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn't be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: "Now they can't say that about me."

The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.

Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.