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You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.

We can no longer ignore the stupidity of the hits that are still happening today despite the fact that the players know the concussion aspect is such a big part of the game and sports in general.

I heard Rolex makes nice watches.

Every time you sustain a head injury, the risk gets higher and higher. I always said that if there ever was a point where the risk was more than minimal, I would stop playing.

What scares me is how easily it happened.

It didn't feel like it was anything too major, but if you had to look at one hit that would be it.

I might have practiced stick-handling with my head up a bit more.

I've been fortunate. I've had no residual effects whatsoever. I got out just in time.

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.

Forget about style; worry about results.

This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided.

There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

I don't train to look good in the mirror. I train to make improvements in my game.

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

I didn't know that I'd like it this much, coaching both boys and... seeing how excited they are to play hockey. It reminds you of when you were that age and you wanted to be out on the ice.

Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

It's not about what you did yesterday, it's what you do tomorrow. If you rely too much on yesterday, tomorrow is going to jump up and bite you in the pants.

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.

Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.

I just tape four Tylenols to it.

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital.

I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.

I try to hold it in until I get on the ice, then in front of the net sometimes I'll pass gas.

I can't wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building. I can't wait to take that all away from them.

Once you win the Cup once, you feel like it's yours. You don't want to give it up.

The goal is too small and the goalies are too big.

It's only game. Why you have to be mad?

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself.

They left us together for a reason. Let's show them why.

Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor.

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

I don't think any one person will ever be bigger than the game.

If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid. I will never play without the mask again.

There is no escalator to [hockey] success only steps.

No, that's not true. I didn't see his place that much, but he's a good kid and I had fun playing with him.

You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.

One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

We don't care what that bug-eyed fat walrus has to say.

They always try to play with our minds. But that won't work with our club. We've got 20 guys without brains.

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL

It must be the body. It's chiseled out of marshmallows.

No one in Montreal learns how to skate. You're just born that way.

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.

Some guys score and some guys don't. We got a lot that don't.

We only speak two languages here: English and profanity.

On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he's the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night.

I don't order fries with my club sandwich.

He ran over a few people, nothing major. Mess runs over people. Sometimes, people don't get up. That's life.