I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and when the season was over you hung up your skates and you played something else.

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

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

Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.

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."

Canadian players have started to put more of an importance on the World Championships in the sense that as soon as they lose, they are called, they want to go play and they don't go only on the basis of if they are injured.

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.