You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or all the aches and pains and continue to play for a long, long time.

I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you're the one talking.

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey.

You can always get someone to do your thinking for you.

My philosophy is never start talking about 'if,' 'and,' 'but' or the past, because 90 percent of what follows will be negative.

The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back.

People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.

Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them.

She got icing all over her face. I think that's why I like her. For the good stuff, she's willing to get icing all over her face. Who wouldn't want a girl like that?

the whole of Victorian literature done up in grey paper & neatly tied with string

You can curse the darkness, or you can dispel it.

Poets and writers don't live either for money or for fame. And even without any recognition for their work they keep on writing!

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Spiritually, it's always there. It gets better and better all the time. One of these days I'll just finally release all that out.

I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart.

I get a kick out of it, but it would be stupid to let it go to my head. It's modeling - I didn't find the cure for cancer.

My vocal cords lived their own life, wild and free.

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.