I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do-I just go hit it, I don't stop to wait and think. Costs me two shots a round. |
I've committed myself to be this type of player. Bitch and moan as I may, I've committed myself to it, and I'm going to stay committed to it until I'm done, because they gave me a chance to win the ultimate goal. I'll never forget them for that. |
I've KO'd a lot of guys verbally. I've got one of the most vicious knockout punches with the tongue of anyone on earth. |
I've never repeated, you know? We went to the finals back-to-back in Dallas, but we didn't win the second time. We lost in the final to Jersey. But if you have the same group, because of the knowledge you have, yeah, I think the journey is easier. |
I've only told Wayne Gretzky not to do one thing, and he didn't listen to me so I would never tell him not to do anything again, |
If I had my choice, we'd be listening to Neil Young or Bob Dylan. |
If you get the seventh goal in a 7-0 game, big deal. But any goal has meaning, you know, even if it's the third goal and it's 3-0. I mean, they can still come back and get three goals. |
If you have an active mind, it always helps. You know, people who don't do crosswords, their minds fall asleep. That's why I do them-my mind is always working. One day my brain is going to explode through the top of my head. |
If you're going to play hockey now, you have to be able to play. If you have the ability to fight and play, you're an unbelievable commodity. But if you can only fight, there might be six of those guys left in the league, and I can guarantee they're going fast. |
It was so difficult to play that first year in the 1999 playoffs. Being known as the missing piece... to have that pressure on you, when all the people around the league always said you are never going to win with Brett Hull, and to have that pressure on you-it's unfathomable the pressure I felt. |
It's respect that you have from your players, and obviously he's going to have that, |
It's respect that you have from your players, and obviously he's going to have that, ... When a voice needs to be raised, I'm sure he can. I think that's why [general manager] Mike Barnett brought in the players that he did, the leadership and the veteran guys, so those times are few and far between. |
It's the same reason I've been known to be hard on players. But it's only because I want them to be better and be the best they can be. At times, I just don't think they try to do that, and it's the same with the league. Sometimes I don't think the league is trying to make itself better. |
Keep it out of the middle of the field, take it up the sidelines as far as you can and then shoot it at the net and hope it goes in off someone. |
Mandy... that's my favorite song of all time. Man, oh, man. |