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.

You miss every shot you don't take.

You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.

Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.

The 2002 (Olympic) team was a great team, we won the gold medal, they deserved all the accolades that they got. But this team seems to have a little more depth and maybe a little more talent to pick from. So it makes the job of picking the right 23 guys even more difficult.

By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.

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."