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 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.

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

Hockey is a tough game.

You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.