He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer.

I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, "Geez, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool."

You know, I've held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.

I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.

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.

I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.