I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

I miss all the shots I don't take.

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.

If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that age we'd go to the pond or backyard rink and throw a puck on the ice and play five on five, or seven on seven. You get this creativity and this imagination that comes from within, just having fun on the pond. Now kids are so focused on team play, and the coaches are so focused on positioning. You can't change it at the NHL level.

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.