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

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.

I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take

Never limit your view of life by any past experience.

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is asacrament that should be taken kneeling.

In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.

It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.

Faith is the ability to have trust in powers greater than yourself, to confidently stride into the unknown, and to believe in your own abilites-no matter what.

But Jesus always leaves the ninety-nine to chase after the one. He always searches for the one lost coin.

Marriage is the only thing that affords a woman the pleasure of company and the perfect sensation of solitude at the same time.

The idle man stands outside of God's plan, outside of the ordained scheme of things; and the truest self-respect, the noblest independence, and the most genuine dignity, are not to be found there.

To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character.

If you go 72-11 and don't win (the championship), it doesn't mean anything. Actually it does. It means you've cheated and played an extra regular-season game.