It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.

The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

You'll never catch me bragging about goals, but I'll talk all you want about my assists.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

She goes silent. Ashamed of herself as mothers are when they realize they have passed that point in life when they want more from their daughters than their daughters want from them.

Stop writing what you know and start writing what you want to know.

if you are always drinking, you should probably never drive

[Oscar Wilde's Salome screenplay] is not autobiographical in a sense where you go to my house and see my kids and stuff like that, but that's why I guess it's semi-autobiographical.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.

Demos are something you do in the early stages of your career, but when you get going, you just go in and record the song.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.