It's tough in the NHL; you have to produce on a high level. And everybody expects you to do it because you make a lot of money. And I never minded it. I always want to be that guy.

You can't give up in any game, even if you are losing.

For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

All that matters is that you find a way to put the puck in the net. It doesn't matter how. I learned that from Mario.

I yell at the players if I don't like the way they are playing. But when they're playing well, I hug them.

There's probably a lot of people wondering if I can play.

I don't try to be anything. I just want to play my game.

I love to play for Pittsburgh. If they can't afford me, then I'd love to play in L.A. or New York.

You appreciate things after you lose them.

I know how well I can play. I don't mention myself with the other players. I mention myself with the best.

I'm not 21 and trying to prove something with my words.

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

I married beneath me - all women do.

And all winds go sighing For sweet things dying.

There's a point where a cop pulls you out of that car and starts abusing you or beating on you and at that moment he is no longer within the law.

I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't alone.

If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it with intelligence. Otherwise you are insulting God as well as defying Him, don't you think?

The current food crisis is an opportunity for companies to engage in agriculture or biotechnology.

Day by day, dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: to see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly, day by day.

Your life will have chapters, complete with crazy characters, villains and a plot you can't even imagine as you sit here today. It's a lot like a Scooby Doo episode.