I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

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.

I wasn't a great skater and I needed my skates to be perfect - really tight around the ankles. But I couldn't break in new ones because my feet would hurt so much. I wore a size 9 shoe and a 6.5 skate - my foot was really crunched.

When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.