“I heard people say, ‘Why would he want to do this?’ My answer is ‘Why not?’ It is what I love. It’s what I know.”

I can’t remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.

You’ll never catch me bragging about goals, but I’ll talk all you want about my assists.

My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He’d skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.

I miss all the shots I don’t take.

I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn’t make it [achieve something], they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids.

We feel fortunate [with Canada hockey team]. We have got a lot of guys who love to play, but they also love to win even more. We are pretty happy. Although we are young, we like our group of players.

The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.

As a player, you have one responsibility, to focus yourself and be ready for the game. As a coach, your responsibility is to get 20 guys ready and have them all on the same page. If you can’t get every guy ready every night, you’re going to struggle.

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

That’s the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.

Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in ’98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.

Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win, the better you play, the more money you make, so they all have that in mind.

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

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

The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

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

I’ve always been really hard on myself. If I didn’t book a job, I would cry.

If I don’t book a job, I like to see it not as a rejection but as a redirection to something different.

Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn’t believe that I do work hard.

I think friendships are a lot more valuable than one job. If you’re going to let it ruin that, then that’s stupid.

Things shift externally then it shift internally. After all, happiness is an inside job.

Sometimes I’ll be watching a movie then think to myself that I could do a better job.

It’s not your job to make people understand what is happening in your life.

Life is just another beast you were meant to tame, and there is no one better for the job, other than you.