A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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People in general want to build somebody up and then try to knock them down. They always root for the underdog.
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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.
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Most players go where the puck is. I go where the puck will be.
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The greatest thing about playing obviously is winning, and you can’t replace that experience with anything.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it’s total fun for him and it was for me.
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Lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. There’s nothing like it. It’s the greatest story. In my era, they used to say you couldn’t be a superstar without winning one. I remember thinking when I lifted it: “Now they can’t say that about me.”
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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.
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Hockey is my life. I love every minute of it.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I love everything about hockey.
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It doesn’t matter what I think. It doesn’t matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.
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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.
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Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we’re Thanksgiving turkeys.
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When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn’t make the NHL. Now it’s kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can’t be a good coach because I was a great athlete.
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A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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