I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization.

Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings.

I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit.

I'm exhausted trying to stay healthy.

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.

People here want the team to win and to do well. The thing is, we know when to shoot the puck.

I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

I don't know if I've ever had a memorable body check. It's not really part of my game.

The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet.

from Out of the Darkness (book 2):Zoe met Eric's eyes. Even in her platforms she was still a few inches shorter than he was. "And what do you do?"His mouth quirked. "I set people on fire.

People don't want to listen to their thoughts, so they fill the world with noise.

By being a fascist you lose your right to be called human being!

In the world of miracles, you ask the impossible.

All wealth is the product of labor

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

"I've done your dog. It's got nine eyes down the side, I made his head all square, 15 legs. What do you think of that?" "Fido looks a bit weird."

Decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir. The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.

My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.