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.

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

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

I have recall. I don't know why or how. I had a guy once who said he played against me in novice [league, for kids under nine], for the Detroit Lasers. And I said, "Oh yeah, we beat you in the tournament, 8-1 and I think I scored seven goals, and the goalie was left-handed." And he was, "Oh my God. I was the goalie!" .

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

Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.

When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."