Scott Stevens Quotations

We're getting hit with a double-edged sword, the higher seasonal increase and Hurricane Katrina. The folks I feel for are those on a fixed income.

Obviously, during the lockout year I had time to think about things. I felt I really didn't have anything to prove. I'd won three Stanley Cups. Life's too short, and I felt it was time to do some of the things I really want to do.

I guess I got greedy after the 3,000. I knew I had the ability to be there and I thought another medal might be in the mix and I didn't run nearly as well. We ran as a pack for about 13 kilometers and then, basically, I just ran out of gas. I ran right out of steam and hung on from that point. My time was about a minute slower then I had run last fall.

I'd like to think I was an all-around defenseman that could do a little bit of everything. Obviously I was a physical player. I guess I'd like to be recognized as a guy that came to play every night.

I believe they have the technology, as do the Russians and the Americans. As for who actually did it, that's a hard call.

I am truly humbled and honored to be here tonight.

I have a couple of kids in high school, and it's time to focus on them. I look forward to spending time with them.

Kids can figure out ways so that their parents don't find anything on their machine, but Net Threat Analyzer goes back in after the fact where things are easier to detect,

I think the game is more mental than physical. You have to be in tremendous shape, but you have to want to do it in your head. At this point in my career I didn't think I could put the mental parts there every day, and that's a big part of playing this game.

It feels great knowing that we are here and that people rely on us. We are glad to have had the opportunity to be here, and we are glad that listeners have a place to come to for solitude.

We were very fortunate this time, ... There were a few limbs that fell and a few minor power outages.

We watched a lot of film to prepare for this game, but we basically just stayed lower than (Tennent) did. The lowest man wins the battle at the line of scrimmage.

Every year, I always felt that I had to make the team. I felt every training camp I had to prove myself. I never took anything for granted.

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Everything worked out for the best. I was fortunate to have won three Cups.

At this point in my career I didn't think I could put the mental parts there every day, and that's a big part of playing this game.

At this point, I don't think I could put what I want into the game right now and be the player I was.

I've been dragging my feet on this, trying to see if you change your mind,

I've been able to do a lot of things and I couldn't do before because of hockey. I was a hockey where it was hockey 24/7 for 23 years. It's been nice to do other things and not really have a schedule.

Colin has improved and reminds me of me when I was a younger player,

They put them in their cars and they see a homeless guy with a sign, instead of giving them money, they can just hand the bag out.

As much as you want to suppress it, that competitive instinct doesn't go away. I didn't think it would come back the way it has. I'm running close to the same times I was when I was in university. I never envisioned that when I started, it was more of a lifestyle change that I wanted to make.

It probably will cut down on my smoking, which is a good thing. If you're that desperate, you can go outside and have one.

It's a lot easier playing in front of 18,000 people than it is to stand up and speak in front of them. Hopefully I won't get too emotional or too upset.

Dan McGillis is another who hits hard. He will benefit from Larry Robinson's coaching.

It's nice to go out feeling 100 percent and being healthy, but that wasn't high on my list of why I'm retiring,

It's nice to have a show that's in your backyard. It gets people to thinking about boating in the spring and gets them all fired up and ready to go fishing again.

I'm going to miss that broadcast, but I'm not going to miss not getting home until 11 p.m., ... I just don't have the hours of the day to take care of my research and getting those (broadcasts) out and devoting the necessary research to the station.

I'm emotional. There's no question. It's going to be very tough. I just fear that if it starts, it's going to be over. I'll be done. I won't be able to come back and finish. That's how I am. I can't regroup and carry on.

I loved the physical part of the game, ... It's the part of the game I grew up loving.

I like my privacy. I have to say I've dragged my feet a bit on this.

I just got sick to my stomach because these clouds were unnatural and that meant they had (the machine) on all the time, ... I was left trying to forecast the intent of some organization rather than the weather of this planet.

I had enough time to think about it. It's time to move on and look forward to be with my kids who are in school. My health is good; I've always been careful about being in shape.

I guess I wouldn't have believed it. But it's been a pleasure being part of the rebuilding process, being a piece of the puzzle as we built a championship team. It was nice being part of that and being able to win three Stanley Cups and sort of put hockey on the map in New Jersey.

I guess I've been dragging my feet on this. But I think it was time to let everyone one and let the Devils move on.

But I'm not one to look for a final year to say goodbye to everyone, that's not my style, I'm a private person,

I can remember crying on the bus because I wanted to be good.

Maybe there wasn't much hot water in the showers. I'm not sure.

I love telling myself jokes. I think I'm a riot.

We're all looking at the people around us, the people who have gone before us who have succeeded in recovery and have long-term sobriety and they are an illustration for us of how good it can be.

What kind of respect do I get? ... Just because I'm a physical player, it's O.K. to come at me and do what you want? Hey, it's a hockey game. It's not figure skating. You know what? I can take a hit and I can give a hit. I don't care who it is. No one gets a free ride out there. I don't get a free ride, and no one gets a free ride from me.

This is more than I ever expected. I think this is the first time I ever felt intimidated on this ice surface.

The Devils always find a way to win, ... That will continue.