At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

It's all trotters in Sweden, so that's what's always caught my eye.

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.

I'm very proud to be wearing the "C" for the Maple Leafs. It puts a smile on my face everyday

I think people want success, you know, and I'm the captain.

And I'm, whether I want it or not, a front figure for the team, a guy that talks about how the team is doing and represents the team.

I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more.

Everybody is excited to play so I think who plays with whom is a minor thing at this point.

I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.

With the fans and the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, the way I've been treated here has been awesome.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not

Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.

Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't.

A certain kind of courage is required to follow what truly calls to us

Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me, ' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.

It's funny, I write lyrics in a bizarre way - I'm always writing lyrics, mostly when we're traveling or walking around New York, that's when I'm writing most of the stuff.

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.

By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.

A new world is only a new mind.