Russia has got to be the team to beat, in my opinion. When they are playing together as a team, they are tough to beat.

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.

Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life.

Love doesn't demand perfection, but it does ask you to give yourself with less reserve than you'd prefer.

When Time is spent, Eternity begins.

I think it's a very healthy thing to learn from what's happened in the past. But only if you look at what happened and think, 'How could I have dealt with that differently?' Then let it go.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.

I was no assassin. I got out during the amnesty because I had not committed any violent crimes.

I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about.

Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.

I have no idea what 'method actor' means.