Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.

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

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that's your priority. It's the only way you can be successful.

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.

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."

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