Everything Goes In Cycles, To A Degree.

Let Me Start With Issuing You A Challenge: Be Better Than You Are. Set A Goal That Seems Unattainable, And When You Reach That Goal, Set Another One Even Higher.

My Recruiting Key - I Looked For People First, Athletes Second. I Wanted People With A Sound Value System As You Cannot Buy Values. You're Only As Good As Your Values. I Learned Early On That You Do Not Put Greatness Into People...but Somehow Try To Pull It Out.

You Win With People, Not With Talent. So The Quality Of The People Is Very Important In Building Your Team. I Always Looked For People With A Solid Value System. Then I Recruited Kids From A Cross-section Of Different Personalities, Talents And Styles Of Play.

This Is Your Time. Their Time Is Done. It's Over. I'm Sick And Tired Of Hearing About What A Great Hockey Team The Soviets Have. Screw 'em. This Is Your Time. Now Go Out There And Take It!

When You Pull On That Jersey, You Represent Yourself And Your Teammates, And The Name On The Front Is A Hell Of A Lot More Important Than The One On The Back. Get That Through Your Head!