I don't see this as Marty [St. Louis] replacing me. I see this as Marty getting the opportunity he deserves.

I'm a guy who works very hard and if I want something bad enough, I'm going to do anything possible to get it.

Knowing your coach has confidence in you is big for a young player.

My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was younger, and I stuck with it.

It was a tough. Sixteen games into my career, we had a coaching change. It was something I never experienced before, and something I had to go through a lot earlier in my career than I expected.

When the going gets tough, people bail. When the going gets easy, people get lazy. Honest, smart, hard work is the way to get results.

The key to success is having no qualms about failure.

The feeling that the world is full of people who think different is synonymous with wrong.

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

Never underestimate a well-dressed bimbo.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

I would say, if you're buying less expensive clothes, buy two sizes bigger. They'll hang better.

Lend your friend $20. If he doesn't pay you back then he's not your friend. Money well spent.

I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old!

A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone.