Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential.

Forget about style; worry about results.

You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.

Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.

Hockey is a tough game.

When you're young, you don't realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.

I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

I am not cruel —only truthful.

Travel makes me feel like a bird, Travel gives me a sense of freedom, Travel makes me come alive!

I just tripped over a pair of shoes and almost fell down and broke my neck and no I wasn't wearing them.

You always want an album to sound like its own little planet.

You'll find your life greatly simplified if you only worry about stuff you can fix.

To accept with unquestioning faith, or to refuse to reconsider any particular view held by the Church in the past, is as unreasonable as it is unsafe. The faith of the Church is a progressive affair.

People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.

Iceland, I'm in love with that country, the people are incredible.

Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.

Venice is not only a city of fantasy and freedom. It is also a city of joy and pleasure.