The key to productivity is to rotate your avoidance techniques.

You sit around watching all this stuff happen on TV. . . and the TV sits and watches us do nothing! The TV must think we're all pretty lame.

Unrequited love is like hitting your head against a wall that isn't there.

I am a great warrior.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him a little by planting a stick in here and a stick in there.

Football is simple. You are in time or too late. When you are too late, you should start sooner.

You cannot buy or win happiness. You must choose it.

surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.

After I started to understand the spiritual dimension of life, I understood the responsibilities you have as a husband, a father, a friend and a hockey player.

In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.