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

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.

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.

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.

I don’t play hockey at all. I’m not comfortable on skates.

When he gets mad, it’s like he’s in another world. He’ll look at you with those big eyes and they’ll be going around in circles.

We’re going to be the best in the league at something. We’re deep in anthem singers.

Fifty percent of the game is mental and the other 50 percent is being mental. I’ve got that part down, no problem.

I don’t know what I was thinking when I was starting out. I was hoping I’d get paid to draw realistic pictures of hockey players. I still hold that hope alive.

It’s not who wins the fight that’s important, it’s being willing to fight. If you get challenged and renege, everyone wants to take a shot at you.

For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing – probably playing ice hockey.

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.