Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.

You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.

Forget about style; worry about results.

You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.

Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.

Hockey is a tough game.

When you're young, you don't realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.

I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.

Truth is what reconciles thought and experience.

Don't worry about the ones who don't recognize your worth. Not everyone has an eye for talent.

I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

Everything makes me angry, unless it makes me sad.

It's not showing off if you back it up.

Autonomy is impossible as long as one is driven by anything.

No amount of tools can help a bad product. You have to remain genuine in your product development innovation and quality.

I like spaghetti bolognese, I like baked beans on toast. I hate French food. I hate fancy food.