Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself.

Leadership is one of sports intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, Follow me.

Sight is something you take for granted until you think you might lose it.

When we've got the puck, they can't score.

I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me.

Before you become successful, you have to fall down on your face.

Leadership is one of sports' intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, 'Follow me.'

I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)

Reinvent yourself as often as you'd like. There's no limit on the possible YOUS you can be.

My self-esteem is not tied to the approval of others.

Be careful which spirit you allow to dwell in your body.

If a God tends to reinforce the prejudices in a society instead of diminishing them from the society, then such God is worse than Cancer.

If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.

I used to always work in, like, warehouses, because if my boss gave me a rough time, I could just get on a forklift and just, like, drive away from him.

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.

Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.