As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'You don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm very happ…

- Pat Burns

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.

- Pat Burns

After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that…

- Pat Burns

I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.

- Pat Burns

Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.

- Pat Burns

He's as old as some trees.

- Pat Burns

People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

- Pat Burns

If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood and believe m…

- Pat Burns