It's Easier To Lose Than To Win.

Most People Marry Their Mother. I Married My Father.

If We're Going To Change The Game It Has To Start At Eight, Nine And 10 Years Old. When We Were That Age We'd Go To The Pond Or Backyard Rink And Throw A Puck On The Ice And Play Five On Five, Or Seven On Seven. You Get This Creativity And This Imagination That Comes From Within, Just Having Fun On The Pond. Now Kids Are So Focused On Team Play, And The Coaches Are So Focused On Positioning. You Can't Change It At The Nhl Level.

I Really Wanted To Write A Book [99: Stories Of The Game] On The Tradition And History Of The League, Where Kids Can Pick It Up And Read It And Learn Things And Say, "geez, I Didn't Know That. That's Pretty Cool."

The Greatest Thing About Playing Obviously Is Winning, And You Can't Replace That Experience With Anything.

It's Really Hard. And It's Harder Today Because Of The Salary Cap. It Starts In September At Training Camp - Getting Every Guy On The Same Page, Being As Mentally And Physically As Focused As You Can Be. Then In April And May, You Basically Spend Eight Weeks Practising, Watching Video And Playing Games. That's Your Life.