The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.

Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.

I think to compare any time you win a Stanley Cup would be unfair to all the players from all the teams.

When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.

I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.

When I left here I left everything here. It's time to move on

I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into winning a cup.

Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

What a waste my life would be without all the beautiful mistakes I've made.

It sounds trite, but only because words make everything true sound trite. Because words always screw up what you're trying to say.

Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

Reality TV has ruined people's ability to watch documentary.

Fine art is the only teacher except torture.

I can't wait to be a mom, but I can wait.

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.

I'm a big believer in the Christian faith. I don't push it on anyone, though.

I've never been married because, first of all, I don't think I've ever seriously been asked by anyone who I wanted to marry. [...] And also I'm monogamous.

Human rights, human freedoms... and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world... while the state is a human creation, human beings are the creation of God.