When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions.

When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions.

After I started to understand the spiritual dimension of life, I understood the responsibilities you have as a husband, a father, a friend and a hockey player.

Cancer is cancer. I've got a great life if I can just stay alive.

Contentment does not come from achievement.

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.

I always thought Christians were the weak people. When you can't make it in life then you have to ask God. I really prided myself on being a self-made man.

I didn't handle fame very well at first. I got a little resentful.

I don't eat fast food any more, not since I got cancer.

I get as much fan mail today and sign as many autographs as I did when I played. It's mind-boggling to a certain degree.

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

I have never been worried because when you have hope and peace, you can handle anything.

I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.

I think having the cancer allowed me to be able to freely talk about my faith.

I'm a very, very proud Canadian, and having the privilege to represent my country on the international level was the highlight of my 18-year career.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

I'm so proud to be Canadian. I've been to 58 countries, and they're wonderful countries, but Canada is the best.

My philosophy is I take today, live it the best way I can and if I wake up I'll take another shot at tomorrow.

My philosophy, don't let cancer ruin your life. You get up every day and use what you have and what time you have left.

My wife and I really enjoy a glass of red wine. We're too old to drink cheap wine, and we don't.

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

The Bible says not to worry so I don't. I just get up in the morning and ask God for help to get through the day. If tomorrow shows up then I'll take the same shot tomorrow.

The Lord expects us to enjoy our lives. He says there will be some brutal times, but we shouldn't get all bent out of shape about it.

There is no wrinkle-free life.

We grew up very poor, and I hated being poor. I was the oldest of five kids, and I never got a pair of skates until I was nine. It was very difficult to get an education back then and play junior hockey.

When you have hope, and you have peace, you can handle anything.

You can say what you want about me, but don't mess with my wife.

I get up every morning and its going to be a great day. You never know when its going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

People do ask, 'Are you going to embellish this stuff?' I wouldn't change any of my guitar parts.

I'm a boring guy. I don't play golf. I read, but how many books can I read?

I want a person to come into my life by accident, but stays on purpose.

As far as same-sex marriage, I really would want to think about that a lot more given the fact that my focus would be always on the child. The innocent should not be given more even burdens than what is absolutely necessary.

Atheism is a moral position - a rather rigid one, if you've ever read the opinions of its highest-profile espousers, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins.

Well, you've got certain obstacles that get in your way throughout your career, but you have to be a strong individual.

My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite countertops. It's very modest but there's tons of counter space, so you can slap down three or four cutting boards.

Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.

What, if as said, man is a bubble.

I've always dressed like a dude.

If you're OK with being clumsy, it's funny. But if you are super embarrassed, people are going to laugh at you.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

You have to fill your cup. You then give away the overflowing but you keep a cupful for yourself.

Courage is a vitamin best swallowed with whiskey.

Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.

Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner core of the beliefs of organized adult crime.

Even when they are saturated in the sense of the older theory of valence, the elementary atoms still possess sufficient chemical affinity to bind other seemingly also saturated atoms and groups of atoms, under generation of clearly defined atomic bonds.

I thought that when I won the Olympic trials I was going to be the happiest person in the whole world. And I was happy. But it wasn't like I thought it was going to be. I had already imagined it in my head so many times. It was real before it happened.

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that.

I am a gym rat who loves to work out, particularly running, Zumba, yoga, cycling, and kickboxing.

I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.