Hockey Quotations | Page 3

How's the game changed in my 15 years in the league? Well, we used to be called hard-working players. Now we're overpaid crybabies.

Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

It's like the animal kingdom. Adapt or go extinct.

Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all the other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.

Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.

Bob Goodenow will kill me, but if we're going to be realistic about things, probably 75 per cent of the league is overpaid. But we're not paying ourselves. There are people giving it to us and no one is putting a gun to their heads. Something has to be done if we're going to fix this.

We're trying to work on Sami to get through that and shoot the puck. MacInnis shot the puck all the time. If there was a fool who wanted to stand in front and break an ankle, tough luck.

We brought him [Raffi Torres] in because he was an emotional, physical player. He's had nothing but a great attitude and a great work ethic with us all year long. He comes to play, prepares himself real well. We need him to play the way he does. You know, he's a little bit sometimes outside the box, but you've got to let him be who he is.

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

You can't control the opposition, but you can control how you play, your energy level, your intensity on the ice. That's what we're going to do.