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I love superstars.
I think I'm very adaptable.
I became a citizen after 9/11.
There's too much parity in the NHL.
Goaltending can steal you a series.
A new challenge, to me, is really exciting.
A lot of teams get a lot of offense off the rush.
It's life, it's hockey. You just can't worry about it.
I think sports is part of the healing process for society.
Sometimes you get blinded by results rather than the process.
At the same time, preparation is important to playoff success.
You don't have that good team effort without good goaltending.
The big element I think that I bring is that I am a veteran coach.
Having a wheel mentality is paramount. It gives you time and space.
If you're not playing really well, practices can sort of correct it.
Joining the Islander family and living on the Island has been special.
If you get goaltending above the curve, you have an immense advantage.
In today's sport, coaches are in a partnership with their top players.
All of my life, my wife's been the rock. She's made the right decisions.
Back-to-back Presidents' Trophies, I don't think that happens too often.
You cannot be a one-trick pony all the time. You have to grow your game.
Even when I eat, I'll eat my salad first and sort of work around the plate.
There's times I blow my gasket. One thing I learned is I don't hold any grudges.
I have one of those faces that you're not going to forget. Kids are scared of me.
Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.
You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.
To me, the make-up of a modern defenseman, the No. 1 thing is the processing skills.
We're going to be the best in the league at something. We're deep in anthem singers.
When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.
When you sign up for Team Canada, we look for the best way to do things, plain and simple.
There's a tension in Washington that was undeniable. I could write my name in the air there.
Just like all young players, there is a difference between being involved and just participating.
My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg.
My son and I ride a tandem bike. We turn the music on and just enjoy riding through our neighborhood.
Practices for me, when your team is not going really well, it can stake a lot of stink out of the air.
That's what they hired me to do in Washington, change a little bit of the culture, try to win a Stanley Cup.
When you get everybody going in the right direction you can do some great things, and that's in any business.
A nontraditional hockey market is turning into more of a traditional market. We're now a fabric of Nashville.
I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.'
Cheer the players. They are ones getting it done. They are ones blocking shots, making saves and scoring goals.
You can be a great skater, you can have really good puck skills, but the ability to problem-solve is, to me, key.
There's stuff in this world, everybody pretends they understand. But we don't understand. It's important to listen.
I've had the opportunity to have different style teams with similar identities but opposite identities in some ways.
The team takes on the identity of its top payers... I don't want to take anything away from the Capitals offensively.
As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused on the wins and losses.
There's going to be a point in time when I can go to a NHL game in Nashville with my grandkids. That's really special.
Bobby Orr, I thought he was the greatest player of all time because he was so far ahead of the competition in his prime.
Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.
For my size, I think I played bigger than my size. I tried to play bigger, which is probably why I got as injured as I did.
Missing a game or getting a little bit of a bump up or getting a scolding once in a while puts everybody in their right place.