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

People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.

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

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.

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

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.

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.