Occupation: Ice Hockey Player Birth: January 18, 1961
When I left here I left everything here. It's time to move on.
You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy..
As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in ….
I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team conc….
My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with..
Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach..
I would never say one was more important or more gratifying than the next because there's a tremendous amount of work, as you know, that goes into wi….
When Wayne was traded, I became captain. For me it really wasn't anything - I didn't do anything or I didn't feel I had to do anything different than….
Well, my transition into being a captain was easy..
Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my c….
25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, tryin….
I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times..
The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself..
I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in c….
I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role ther….
Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear..
I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on the….
Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66..
I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best….
When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you h….
Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it..