Athlete Quotes

I'm usually a patient guy anyway.

I'm so busy right now, it's the beginning of the hockey season for my kids.

I'm just living my life.

I'd recommend the high road to anybody. You wonder about it and you don't really appreciate it until you do it and you find that it worked for everyone. But I recommend it.

I think you always take pride in how you play.

I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.

I still have the passion to play.

I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

I don't think I'd change the path that's got me where I am today.

I cry at movies.

Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me.

Anytime you've played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.

A happy player is a good player, I think.

Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

I've never been afraid to fail.

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.