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"The purpose of employment is not to make money."

"When you're under employment, you are not working in the area of your calling but rather helping to fulfill your employer's."

"Joblessness gives you time to grow."

"Do not complain about two things; your job and your position, because you can always change them."

"Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them."

"Getting fired from work is not a tragedy."
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"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 concept. Everything was focused around winning."

"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 condition for 12 months a year."

"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 those if things are going good or things are going bad."

"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 have to play yourself out of it."

"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, trying to find a way to do that."

"We had built up a team in Edmonton that really knew who each other was from a personal standpoint and from a professional standpoint. Our nucleus had stayed together for a long time."

"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 hockey."

"I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule."
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