You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy.

Growing up, I was always the small guy.

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.

I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be to strike the last batter out in a baseball game or score a big goal in a hockey game.

I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard.

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.

My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!

Ninety percent of hockey is mental and the other half is physical.

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.

When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

Competitive spirit is still at a premium. The more you win the better you play the more money you make so they all have that in mind.

I wasnt naturally gifted in terms of size and speed everything I did in hockey I worked for and thats the way Ill be as a coach.

The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.

If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion.

My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.

In live stage, the actor lives.

Who says soul has only one colour?

Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.

We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced back to thousands of different stars spread through our Milky Way.

Why is this government so insensitive to the concerns of the middle-class people?

It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Thats one thing Earthlings might learn to do if they tried hard enough Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.

The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot.

It's horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

When I look at my daily schedule, I feel like a trout flopping about on a dock, drowning in the air. Some people are ruthless with their schedules. Not me. I wing it.

It is doubtful that many carousel riders realize that they are performing an ancient ritual as they ride their wooden steed in pursuit of the brass ring.

Being too nice gets you used and being too mean pushes people away. You should be nice but you should also put your foot down if you have to.

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.

Liberals consider people to be nuisances.