Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried

It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.

The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

Play every game as if it's your last one

I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget.

When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.

When you're scared, you stay as you are!

There's more to life than cause and effect.

If anyone has a new idea in this country there are twice as many people who keep putting a man with a red flag in front of it.

With insufficient data it is easy to go wrong.

Where I grew up in the North-east, the community there, and the way people relate to one another, goes very deep. But I don't define myself as a Northerner in that I don't live in the North.

I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.

It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'

I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.