"That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight."

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"That's why I made a comeback in 1988. I knew there were chances of not making it, but I didn't want to end up at sixty years old and say I should have tried when I was thirty-eight."

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"Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried."

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"The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat."

Attitude

"A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate."

Travel

"The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike."

Family

"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."

Family

"I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it."

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"Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way."

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"Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long, there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so."

"Many people do not understand why they cannot do well in their lives, even with a lot of training, using short- term and long term plans and most importantly having a huge potential."

"Great men look greater than yesterday."

"Every man has a need to be great at something."

"The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it."

"When you can actually measure your day by how much time is converted into products, then you are a great force on the earth."

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"The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it."

"I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement."

"Dream, believe, strive, achieve."

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"Go ahead, work hard and never be afraid to try something. Even if you don't make it, at least you can say you tried."

"The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat."

"A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate."

"The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike."

"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."

"I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it."

"I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life."

"After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two."

"The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in."

"Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way."