I didn't want to be cut, but it made me a better person and a better player.

You can't always be the top player, but you can always contribute. I just want to win...that's what matters.

My goal is to be at the top of my game every night.

You guys will write what you want to write, people will say what they want to say. I can't control any of that. All I can control is how I play. I'm trying to be the best player I can be.

The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.

If I ever have a chance to become a top-notch guy on a top team, I think that's more valuable than anything else.

I'd really like to have my own style of game and be known as Jason Spezza, not a Mario Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky 'clone.'

Hope is faith of a glad heart.

I have come to realize that in life and politics, there is always more to take into consideration.

The silences weren’t awkward. For me at least. Because I was there in the moment with him.

To keep my life free of evil I must of necessity keep my life full of God, for keeping my life full of anything else will give evil everything else.

I felt for the first time, maybe ever, how much harder it was to be the adults. And I wasn't sure I could do that when it was my turn.

Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, " he said, sounding much happier. "What sort of story is it?

When you're playing to an audience that isn't your own, it's quite scary.

I don't get discouraged because of the comments. After all, they don't really know me.

I think we have a very critical role to play, within the spectrum of international law and human rights.

There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transport sandwiches and beer