Successful collaboration, in your mind, could be that your opinion is the most valuable and becomes the prevailing sort of direction. That's not collaborating.

When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.

We all use something - you can't drill holes with your fingers. Whether it's a knife, a needle, or a machine, we all need the help of a device.

With a father who is a fabulous craftsman, I was raised with the fundamental belief that it is only when you personally work with a material with your hands, that you come to understand its true nature, its characteristics, its attributes, and I think - very importantly - its potential.

We talked about the direction we're going in and how valuable he would be to us on and off the ice with our young kids. He was high on our list.

We talked about the direction we are going in and how valuable it would be to us on the ice and off the ice with the young kids.