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I'm not great at trying new things.
Deep down I think I'm a lovable guy.
Winning and losing, it sticks with you forever.
I can never say enough good things about Boston.
I'm not a big poker guy, I like to play shnarps.
I'm not always a rat. Sometimes it just comes out.
My dad's always been a coach and one of my coaches.
I think the biggest thing in my game is my confidence.
Winning the Cup at a young age is a whole other level.
Boston has become my second home. I absolutely love it there.
There's a difference between having an edge and being stupid.
My dad was a big grinder, a tough guy. I inherited that from him.
We rush through this career and it ends abruptly for the most part.
I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I'm a little smarter than that.
It isn't something I'm out there looking to do - take minor penalties.
It's always a lot easier when you have people around you supporting you.
You have to be able to win on the road if you want to win in the playoffs.
When you're able to rely on four lines and every D and both goalies, it's big.
There are great players who go unnoticed because they're not on the best teams.
I have to play a bit of a physical game and try to work harder than everyone else.
Maybe playing around and having fun is considered being a rat... I guess I'm a rat.
I'm in the NHL and I'll take whatever reputation I can to get here and to stay here.
Everyone's going to have an opinion on the way I play the game, or things I've done.
You need young guys to come in and play like older guys, really help the team and produce.
I have a huge interest in ancient Egyptian times and the mummies and the kings and all that.
I guess if the president of the United States gives you a nickname, you have to stick with it.
I have been a Bruin since the start of my pro career and there is no place I would rather play.
Sometimes, you go down to Florida and Tampa and you get a couple days off, you can get complacent.
WE WENT OUT THERE ON A MISSION, CAME BACK CHAMPIONS. WE PROVED WE WERE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD.
When we do, when we're playing physical and we're playing tight, playing with emotion, we play well.
There's going to be ups, there's going to be downs and you're going to have to roll with the punches.
I have friends who are in gay relationships and I don't think it's right for people to be against that.
Halifax is a big hockey city. Everyone loves the game here and really enjoys anyone who has had success.
It's tough to lose, but it's a lot tougher to lose knowing how good it is to win, how good it feels to win.
We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.
If we have to battle through some adversity during the year, sometimes that can be the best thing for a team.
I mean, that's playoff hockey. You're not going to dominate every game, you're not going to score every goal.
The mind is such a powerful thing, and when you learn how to control that it really turns a lot of things around.
I don't play in spite of people, I play for the people who pushed me along, the people who have helped me succeed.
When you're a young kid and you come into the NHL, you're given money and fame, to an extent, especially in Boston.
When you react to things, that's when you get into trouble and it's tough to completely control a split-second reaction.
There's very few guys that play for one team their whole careers, nowadays, especially in the cap era it's a lot tougher.
I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.
That's what you need to win a Cup and go far in the playoffs, you need every guy to be accountable in all areas of the ice.
I think when I was younger, I knew I was either going to get a penalty or score a goal. It was a gamble. But it benefited me.
I play low to the ice and that's a way I've protected myself in the past - I just felt that it was better to be safe than sorry.
It's tough being a small player. You don't want to be known as a guy who goes into the corner and loses 50 percent of the battles.
Both my grandfathers were in the Navy, and I have cousins and uncles in the military, so it's something that I've always respected.
Being an agitator gives me an opportunity to draw penalties against the other team. That's one part that brings emotion to my game.
If I played the game any other way, you wouldn't know my name. You wouldn't care enough to hate me because I wouldn't be in the NHL.