I think that team ... we were all one. I don't think any one guy deserves more [credit] than the next. You could probably take any one of those people all the way through from the ownership to Neil [Smith], to Mike [Keenan] to our whole team there and you could take one person out of there and things might have been different. I say that in all honesty. We caught Lightning in a bottle. |
I thought with the impending lockout that it was quite possibly my last game, ... I feel extremely grateful to have played it in New York for those great fans. |
I was ready for just about anything that anybody could throw at me. I was ready for the challenge of winning the Stanley Cup. I was ready for this city. I wasn't intimidated about coming to New York. |
I went to New York with one thing in mind and that was to try and help win a Stanley Cup. I was lucky to be a part of a team that was willing to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the team. |
I went to New York with one thing in mind, to win a Stanley Cup, ... When the time came, Glen Sather asked me where I wanted to go and I said I'd like to go to New York and win a Stanley Cup. He was able to make it happen. |
I wouldn't come back to play for that reason, ... I know that was talked about, but there has to be other reasons. I thought I achieved a lot in my 25 years and it was time to go. |
I'll go to my grave with the feelings and emotions and the memories of 1994, ... When I was traded from Edmonton, I told my agent that I wanted to go to New York to help them win a Stanley Cup. We had a great team and 1994 was a magical year for us and the city. |
I'm looking at it, I guess, as a celebration. Can't you tell I'm celebrating? |
I'm sure it's an exciting time but an emotional time to come back. The major part of his career was spent here and he earned the admiration and respect he got here for what he did on and off the ice. |
I've always planned to be involved in the game, ... But I don't know in what capacity at this time. I'm going to be open to offers and suggestions and see what fits best. |
I've had a long career and I've achieved a lot and there was nothing left for me to really achieve. It was time for me to move aside and go into something else. |
I've had a long career, I achieved a lot, there was nothing left for me to achieve, and it's time to move aside and go on to something else. |
I've never really thought about any individual records or anything like that for most of my career, |
I've never really thought about any individual records, ... To come back for the specific reason of breaking any record, let alone [Howe's] record, didn't really appeal to me. Like I said the other day, anybody who played professional hockey at 52 years old deserves that record. |
If you ask anybody around here for those years, nobody would have a bad word to say about Brian Leetch. |