"People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs."

"The players don't play the position game as much as we used to play. A lot of young guys go up and down, shoot the puck, go for the rebounds. You're getting tired quicker because the body has to react where the puck is going to go. You cannot read it, because you don't have the puck on your stick."

"If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night."

"In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot."

"I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket."

"Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live."

"I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college."

"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."