The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I think the greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can't replace that experience with anything.

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

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

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

That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.

Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull and Jean Béliveau probably looked at us in the '80s and said, "These guys are soft. We used to take the train."