I have always trusted my instincts, I took some bold decisions in my life.....many people may say they were crazy risks.

A hockey team is like a puzzle. Every piece is vital.

The beauty of coaching is that you are working with human beings. I feel very comfortable with my staff that we can make a difference, that we can make a difference on the ice.

I wish that we could tumble them in the dryer for 30 minutes and get them to shrink, but that won't happen.

I have always felt very fortunate to be have good people. You know, talent will carry you for so far but the values of the people around that should make the difference.

Sometimes you have to go outside your boundaries. You have to jump over that fence, but I always felt very comfortable (in my jobs) because I worked with some good people.

Personally I don't believe in standing on the ice, or jamming the blueline, waiting. I have always told my players that hockey has to be played on your toes.

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from the local library.

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Don't grieve over the past, It's all gone!Don't worry about the future, It may never come! Live in the present, And enjoy every moment.

I've always seemed to have my best performances when I'm under the most pressure.

No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.

The-one of the odd things that's going on with smoking these days is that in the '90s, smoking at movies in the '90s, there were more movies showing smoking than there were in the '60s.

Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

I'd rather go to sleep than find a girl.

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of 'National Geographics,' is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back to the cottage in Maine, so one goes back to one's Michener.