I would rather tame a tiger than try to paint stripes on one. I would rather have (that ability to play on the edge) in a player. It's not a negative. It's a gift he has.

We have a chance to compete for a medal and only four other (American) teams have won one of those. In my opinion, that would be a solid accomplishment. But am I disappointed that we aren't competing for a gold or silver? Absolutely. That was our target.

If you wish to meet and speak with god, you must first try to tame a wild tiger with a feather and a stick.

With my intensity and athletic ability, I think that would be a natural switch, ... I'm just as fast as almost all those [defensive ends] out there, and as athletic, or more, than half of them. And my tenacity supersedes all of that. There are a lot of guys at that position who have gotten paid that are a bunch of slaps, and I know  I could do better than them.

It's those dollars that get pumped back into the system that really drive the ability for us to put facilities like this into place.

We're playing to get our quality of play where we think it needs to be and get some momentum going into the playoffs. We'd obviously also like to gain home ice and if we can do that, then mission accomplished.