On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he's the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night.

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.

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

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.

I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.

I'm sick of being accused of gold-digging. It just so happens I get turned on by liver spots.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

Suddenly it was clear to me that all the beautiful complexity of life had simplicity at its core.

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

I am a fight fan. I think boxing had its problems and kind of fell away for a while, but it's coming back strong .

From the earliest wars of men to our last heart-breaking worldwide effort, all we could do was kill ourselves. Now we are able to kill the future.

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

We inhabit a universe that is still inventing itself

The soil is the gift of God to the living.