Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

When you are absolutely, positively sure you know all there is to know about anything, you're as far from the truth as you will ever be.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

What makes it all worthwhile is we just play for the sheer enjoyment of entertaining people and... make our families and the team we played on and the people watching, proud of what we did.

My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.

I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'

I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire!

I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids

My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.

Destruction is easily reversed, Brain drainage howbeit is a civilization killer

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

I pride myself on having a journalistic remove.

I don't really know how to do much else besides write.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

A guy's got to get a license to drive a Geo, but any doofus with a few good swimmers can be a father.

The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.

America's Most Wanted? I love it when there's a guy in the back seat pounding his head on the plexiglas. That to me is the best.

I got a voodoo doll every time I pen a verse: Not only do they say they feel it, but they say it hurts.