If it weren't for Prof. Mair, I would never have made it. I was really surprised when Prof. Mair told me, I didn't know how I would sound to the judges.

I was not surprised when he told me. And he was smiling when he got that position.

It is an unfortunate and surprising incident. We were surprised to be told to go back when we had not violated any immigration laws. We did not jump the border.

Anthony was a bit surprised when coach Bo told him after the practice about the trade. It turned out that all he was reading in the newspapers were true.

They told me, 'Don't bargain with the prices,' ... They wanted the best of everything. I was surprised. I didn't know they'd have a budget like Guangzhou or Beijing.

In the NHL these days, you don't get surprised by too much. When we went and got Cory Stillman , you could kind of see it coming that something might not work out. We still had hopes that they would get both of them signed -- that would've been really good. That's the business of hockey right now, and other teams go through the same thing every year.