A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against that. I think it's a great life, and yeah, you can lead them in that direction. I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it, they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.

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

Thankfully, in my youth I had the best financial advisor a son could ask for: my dad Walter. When I got that first signing bonus in 1978, Dad took my cheque, announced, 'This is what we're going to do,' and bought an annuity with it.

The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.

In one sense we are a favorite because we won a gold medal in 2002.

I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.