New York is a place I wanted to come

The biggest thing I have learned is you can't take anything for granted. You have to work as hard as you can every night, regardless.

On every level I have played I've heard, 'Am I going to perform or not because of my size?' I think I have proved to people I can perform regardless of how big I am.

I've spent every game I've ever played making sure I'm out-working the other guy.

I feel more comfortable confidence-wise. You get to the NHL, and you're nervous about trying things. With experience, you're not as afraid of being creative.

Why would I want four or five more inches? I use my speed.

You want to be the guy who makes an impact in every game. In this sport it's all about results-winning games and making the playoffs.

Sometimes offensive players get turned into defensive players, which sometimes isn't a bad thing, but for me I need a chance to play more offense.

I don't know WHEN I'll be big enough to play!

I made the move (to #NYR) thinking about this opportunity, to play in the #StanleyCup Final.

We do not believe that light exists in spite of darkness. We believe that light exists because of it.

Each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins.

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

Garrett Hardin. Parenthood: Right or Privilege? Science Magazine.

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups.

The universe forces those who live in it to understand it.

Let this serve as an axiom to every lover: A woman who refuses lunch refuses everything.

They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

If you don't keep giving customers reasons to buy from you, they won't

If your parents ignored you, or if they are just not emotionally available, or if they yell a lot, that is a type of trauma.