I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

When you are absolutely, positively sure you know all there is to know about anything, you're as far from the truth as you will ever be.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

What makes it all worthwhile is we just play for the sheer enjoyment of entertaining people and... make our families and the team we played on and the people watching, proud of what we did.

My former wife made me a millionaire. I used to have three million dollars.

I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'

I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire!

Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids

Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself.

My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.

An ounce of love can overcome a mountain of fear.

The older you get, the faster time passes in your mind, so use your time according to what is most important.

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

Love is the smallest part of gallantry.

I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing in the direction of your life's purpose.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.