“I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You’re being paid to play a game! That’s pretty special.”

We’re going to have more kids playing, and we’re going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone.

I don’t spend a lot of time here in New York. I didn’t realize there were so many Bruins fans in New York.

So many of today’s programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that’s a big mistake.

Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ’cause there’s no one left to beat.

I didn’t want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn’t going to do one.

I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

I couldn’t wait to get on the ice. I couldn’t wait to get to practice. As a kid I couldn’t wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.

On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he’s the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night.

I never looked at hockey as work. Now that I’d finished playing, I had to go to work.

We’re professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there’s some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that’s a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.

You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.

That’s not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game in your field?

It’s easier to change the game than to change the people playing it.

That is the thing I’m most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage – at this stage of the game.

Whenever you don’t have a good game, whether you’re a starter, reliever, whatever, you definitely want to get out there again as soon as you can.

I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!

I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.

Dan Fouts fumbled the game away for Chargers.